Is gingerbread one of your favorite sweets to bake around the holidays? The evolution of this cookie started farther back ...

From their towering arches to their stained glass windows, these ​​architectural marvels took centuries to complete.

Dublin is a city that proudly displays both its past and the present. One moment, you’re walking through medieval streets ...

The stone was made from a small quantity of natural bezoar blended into a paste along with various other substances meant to ...

This spring semester, Princeton will offer eight courses that largely incorporate the museum into their curriculums.

At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection St. Catherine’s Monastery was built at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the 6th ...

There are have been three-dimensional pirate ships, Amazon rainforest tableaus and, now, a set of white and gold gilt doors ...

Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...

David Musgrove reports on new research that casts light on the appearance of the comet in the 11th century, and its depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry ...

Panforte is a classic Italian sweet from Siena, Tuscany. It’s part cake, part confection and entirely irresistible. Its name translates to “strong bread,” which is a nod to both its ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...