Madame Drouot hotel pays tribute to the iconic Drouot auction house whilst adding a touch – and even a title – of ...

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

Looting the templesHernando Pizarro supervises removal of treasure from the Pachacamac Temple in a 17th-century engraving from Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas’s Décadas. AKG/Album Meanwhile ...

One example is the mission of Sts. Cyril and Methodius to the Slavic people in Moravia during the 9th century. They are both famous for introducing the Slavonic liturgy. In their work St. Cyril ...

While the High Medieval Period is famous for its warrior and martial cultures, there are some military leaders who really ...

Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is director of the Schulmann School of Basic Jewish Studies and professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. She is the author of, among ...

The gods on assuming various forms in this mortal world could in no way escape death They propitiated Ashutosha Shiva and requested his help in keeping death at bay Shiva took the crescent moon from h ...

The early 19th century witnessed a real rediscovery of Shakespeare in France. The feelings, strangeness and morals found in the poet’s tragedies influenced painters, engravers and sculptors to create ...