Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...

How the so-called ‘game of kings’ defied racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners, irrespective of their skin colour.

Visiting Wing’s Castle reminds you that New York State is full of hidden treasures if you’re willing to venture beyond the ...

Deep in the forest surrounding Sławobórz, Poland, interdisciplinary researchers have finally unearthed the lost medieval town ...

The newly recovered 1000-year-old page from the Archimedes palimpsest. Credit: Blois, Musée des Beaux-Arts / IRHT-CNRS. For over a century, a priceless piece of mathematical history has been hiding in ...

The painting - made up of an outlined masonry pattern with a central flower and stem motif - had been covered over. The post ...

A medieval wall painting believed to date from the late 13th or early 14th century has been discovered at Durham Castle in Durham City.

A hidden section of a medieval wall painting dating back at least 700 years has been uncovered at one of Wearside and England ...

A hidden section of medieval wall painting, not seen for hundreds of years, is giving clues to the grand past of Durham ...

A 700-year-old medieval wall painting has been discovered during renovations of a castle. The painting, which experts believe ...

Revealed during renovations of Durham Castle, the artwork could date back to the late 13th to early 14th centuries ...