Dürer's 1515 star charts were a game-changer for European courts, proving an obsession with astrology is nothing new ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the submerged ruins of a medieval Silk Road city beneath Lake Issyk-Kul. Located in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Black Death ravaged Europe, and scientists and historians are still working to understand how it became so deadly ...