During construction at a 13th century church in Gardelegen, Germany, volunteers found over 1,000 artifacts that spanned seven ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

At a cathedral in York, England, expert stonemasons are combining cutting-edge technology with ancient technique to bring ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

These miraculous claims were compounded by the church and statue's continued security, despite the multiple wars and periods of unrest in the city. As the statue's profile grew, copies of the ...

Found all around Ireland and in the UK, these X-rated 11th-century statues depict women exposing their private parts with huge grimaces on their faces but what's the history behind these grotesque ...

A list of the best things to do in Bordeaux is sure to namecheck all the things the city is known for: historic monuments, ...

One of the early puzzles you can find in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features a tomb below the Vatican, surrounded by ten robed skeleton statues bearing torches you can light, and roman ...

The head of a statue from the Ptolemaic period found among the ruins of a medieval house. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt This discovery sheds new light on Taposiris Magna, a site ...

Slurred speech eventually shortened the name to a single word--marigold. In the late medieval period both the Dutch and Low German languages included equivalents of the English name: Marienbloemkijn ...