Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...

Understanding what each color meant reveals the hidden code that shaped medieval clothing, class structure, and everyday life.

Glass beads, rhinestones, sequins, medallions, and more embellish artworks exploring the relationship between past and ...

The Vatican’s eco-friendly farm, recently inaugurated by the first ever Augustinian pope, echoes his order’s forgotten early ...

David Lowery's excellent and underrated The Green Knight (which is a stealth Christmas movie) is now streaming for free on ...

The Arabic text along the Virgin Mary’s dress “runs so counter to our clash-of-civilizations mindset about Christianity and ...

Danish archaeologists unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

Installation view of Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters showing a sculpture of Saint Sebastian (Northern Europe, late 15th century) (all photos Emma ...

President Trump’s nominee for US ambassador for international religious freedom is in Israel this week, visiting at a symbolic time as the administration continues its landmark push for peace in Gaza.

In the often violent and gloomy medieval life, dance triumphantly emerged as a vibrant expression of joy, celebration, and social interaction. From the grand halls of noble courts to the humble ...

The medieval period, also known as the Middle Ages, lasted roughly from the 5th to 15th centuries in Europe. It was a time of massive political, social, and cultural change which was marked by the ...