From an African king to a Chinese princess, meet the fascinating figures whose stories are forever entwined with the Silk ...

In a remarkable fusion of ancient history and cutting-edge technology, a nearly forgotten chapter of the Gospels has been ...

A transformation was needed, and a crisp, fresh coat of white paint on the bookcases was the perfect solution. Step 1: Sand the workpiece. To begin, I gave each bookcase a good sanding with my ...

The Spanish Donkey, also called the “chevalet” or simply the “wooden horse,” was one of the cruelest of the medieval torture devices. Thought to have emerged during the Holy Inquisition in ...

Picture a dark, dank cell. The dripping of water. The skittering of rats. And the tortured moans of the people imprisoned there. During the Middle Ages, medieval torture devices made life for anyone ...

Head of project A3-6 Religious Buildings Change their Identity: Iberia 711–1609 Head of project B2-24 From Manuscript to Printing Press: The Illustrated Book in Jewish Culture (Fourteenth–Sixteenth ...

What are the best medieval games? Rare is a videogame that doesn’t feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they’re usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging ...

No matter how powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science-fiction authors writing today, best known for the ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...

PARCHMENT, Mich. (WOOD) — The high school football stadium in Parchment was evacuated after a fight broke out Thursday evening, an altercation that appears to have involved people linked to ...