The stories about King Arthur are almost certainly false or greatly exaggerated, but did the man himself exist?

Whether in medieval ‘Haggadot’ or the lithographs of Bezalel, artists trace Miriam as she emerges, tambourine in hand, to ...

One of only three surviving wax seals of Edward the Confessor has been uncovered in France's National Archives following a ...

A robust telling of the musical "The Sword in the Stone" will take audience members to a medieval period in England, where ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

Julia Langbein’s novel considers the legions of women whose lives have been forever marred by compromising early ...

The war with Iran is not just a geopolitical conflict. We see religious rhetoric used to cast strategic interests as a moral ...

Over the past 10 years, formerly obscure destinations have become mainstream. For the best route through Europe today, travel ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a Frankenstein of a building. Since moving to Fifth Avenue nearly 150 years ago, 21 different structures have been built to create the sprawling museum we see today.

Female nudes have been central to art for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Join us as we take a trip back in time to ...

Art has evolved countless times over the last 2,000 years. But one period that has plenty of fascinating pieces was the Middle Ages. While this era spanned about 1,000 years, there were countless ...

Our fondness for cats and their idolization in popular culture far precedes the internet – humans have been lovingly sharing ...