Books have a way of sparking empathy, drawing readers into the lives of characters who may be different from themselves -- or different from other characters in the story. Kids and teens walk in ...

Archaeologists have deciphered ancient inscriptions at the site traditionally believed to be where Jesus held the Last Supper ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL––According to a news release issued by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, an international […] ...

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR Foundation (Foundation for Arab ...

The Limbourg brothers, Herman, Paul, and Jean, born between 1385 and 1388, were Dutch painters from Nijmegen, but they were ...

The color yellow, associated with Judas in Christian art, symbolizes greed, betrayal, and intentional storytelling through ...

A University of Houston-Victoria history faculty member has received her second fellowship in the past few years and will have the opportunity to finish a research project in California.

Want spectacular Italian towns and villages? Make a beeline for Umbria.

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in Central Asia.

Such precious materials and meticulous craft testify to the richness of Sienese art during the first half of the 14th century ...

“The Middle Ages” comprises works located between points in time, whether the bounds of the literal Middle Ages, or middle age in an individual sense, or a moment of societal shift from one ...

Just as they do now many people in the Middle Ages journeyed for business, pleasure, and religious reasons. But unlike today people had just two options when travelling in the medieval world.