A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

It won’t catch any fish, but the discovery of as many as 20,000 silver coins and pieces of jewelry dates back to the early ...

A person digging for fishing worms near a Swedish summer cottage recently discovered a medieval silver hoard containing up to ...

Detail from a manuscript made for King Lebna Dengel, circa 1520, Tädbabä Maryam Monastery, Ethiopia. Photograph by Diana Spencer, courtesy of the DEEDS Project In early 2020, just as the scope and ...

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Let's go back to the Middle Ages to look at some dishes people still enjoy today. Find out if one of your favorite meals is ...

THE Rev. A. G. L’Estrange, in his History of Humor, remarks that in his investigations he encounters a formidable Demon of the Threshold. Any one who has studied the subject and attempted to unravel ...

The question of why, at the turn of the 20th century, modern art flourished in Europe has long been one of art history’s most intriguing. Was it exposure to non-Western influences? The advent of the ...