In the wide-open steppe of eastern Mongolia, archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a very long wall. This isn’t China’s ...

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

Discover the storybook charm of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, with breathtaking drone footage capturing its medieval architecture, cobblestone streets, and iconic city walls. Soar over the ...

Various dynasties worked on the 2,485-mile-long (4,000-km) MWS, such as the Jin dynasty (1115 to 1234 CE), whose empire ...

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

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.

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the medicines they cooked up in their labs ‘secrets’. And thanks to a study ...

By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes filled volumes called ... Their findings, published on Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science, reveal that the books are bound not in the hides ...

Would you tell us a little bit more about it? Grollemond: Sure, the exhibition is called Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology. And what I really wanted to do with this exhibition ...

Far from a “dark age,” the exhibit shows a medieval era filled with explosive academic inquiry, with scholars of both science and religion proving particularly fascinated with light.