For 600 years the Voynich Manuscript has stumped scholars, cryptographers, physicists, and computer scientists. Now, a ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

In 1962, archaeologists uncovered an extraordinary artifact in a tomb near Thessaloniki, Greece—the Derveni Papyrus. Preserved by the very flames that threatened to destroy it, this charred manuscript ...

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

The gorgeous village is a well-preserved medieval settlement and so steeped in history that almost everything is watched over ...

Kate Mosse got off her train at Victoria Station and made her way, on foot, to her publishers. There were a lot of people on the street that morning, but she thought nothing of it. When she arrived at ...

Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an ...

With the clear Biblical, Jewish precedence for both Hummus and Za`atar in ancient Israelite cuisine — vastly predating the ...

The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a building in the heart of London.

The Medici family was a powerful and influential dynasty that dominated the political, economic, and cultural life of Florence and much of Italy from the 15th to the 18th century. Known for their ...

Welcome to Poehler Mercantile Antique Mall in Emporia, Kansas – a treasure trove that’ll make you feel like Indiana Jones, ...

Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take ...