The Giza Plateau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It attracts millions of fans yearly. The Valley of the Kings holds royal ...

Known for its medieval castles, dense forests ... With its rich history, Hungary offers beautiful old towns, thermal springs, and an impressive art scene, particularly in Budapest. Bathing in the ...

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen ...

Please verify your email address. Medieval city-builders offer a unique starting-from-scratch experience. The best of these games allow players to create realistic villages on natural landscapes.

“They were discovering things in medieval art and culture that are about the great rituals of life, human longing, yearning for things — not just material, but spiritual,” Simpson adde ...

At that time, in a local workshop, an exceptionally rare 13th century bible was produced for the cathedral by the acclaimed medieval artist Sarum Master. Now, a new campaign by Friends of National ...

In the popular imagination, “medieval” and “women” aren’t always words which go together happily. Ideas about the lives of pre-Renaissance women tend to form two hazy stereotypes ...

A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history. A new scientific examination of 800-year-old human remains in Norway ...

Some art museums overawe with the sweep of their collections. Others thrill with a few perfectly placed masterworks. The best of them embody their cities’ ambitions and fulfill an ideal ...

The Sverris saga, a quasi-fictional historical account from the end of the 12th century CE, recaps the reign of the medieval Norwegian king Sverre Sigurdsson. One of the best-known passages ...