Two artists in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa have combined miniature art with the astrolabe, an ancient astronomical ...

In early medieval Italy, people dug canals and drained wetlands not just to farm new land, but also to manage flooding and ...

Unesco-listed fortified town in northwest Africa fights to preserve buildings and medieval books about science, astronomy and ...

Nearly eight years of excavation work at a medieval fortress in Gothenburg, Sweden has yielded a number of revealing ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

Scans and radiographs revealed not just the break but its consequences: dense new bone formations, signs of infection, and ...

A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its ...

With the new Mission Impossible film playing in cinemas, the Unexpected Elements team is channelling Tom Cruise’s energy to see if scientists can push the boundaries of what is considered ‘impossible.

Alchemy in the Middle Ages was more than just the pursuit of gold – it was a blend of science, mysticism, and philosophy that captured the imagination of scholars across Europe.