Cylinder seals were far more than ancient signatures. They fused art, power, and belief into objects that revealed exactly ...

How did medieval Europe’s money system really work? While gold and silver coins were important, credit-based money systems were just as vital. This video explores how merchants in Italy and Flanders ...

This summer, artist Jakob Rowlinson presents his works across Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) and The Art House (TAH), ...

The Middle Ages were shaped by a series of pivotal events that influenced politics, religion, and society. From conflicts and ...

Memories of pandemics are often contentious. They can be disputed, uncomfortable and politically charged. As the COVID-19 ...

Chivalric literature is a genre that dates back to the medieval period and frequently portrays the adventures of knights.

The Bayeux Tapestry, after 1,000 years, makes its historic return to England, displayed at the British Museum until July 2027 ...

After more than 900 years in France, the Bayeux Tapestry—one of medieval Europe’s most fragile, priceless treasures—slipped ...

The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. The priceless medieval artwork arrived ...

Subhoranjan Dasgupta uses Romila Thapar’s recently published memoir to explain why she is so reviled by the Hindutva ...

Tickets go on sale today for the British Museum’s once-in-a-generation exhibition, a loan some historians fought to stop ...

Beneath the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland lies one of the world's most extraordinary underground landmarks. The Wieliczka Salt Mine, which has operated for more than 700 years, is a vast maze ...