Peter Stumpp's alleged crimes and execution remain one of the most legendary — and disputed — werewolf trials in history ...

Automaton is the Greek word for an object that moves on its own. This technology was used in clock production during the 13th ...

The Vatican Apostolic Library has tapped Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian singer Jovanotti and Icelandic ...

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were joined by Rangers as three British clubs secured their spots in the Europa ...

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the ...

Historian Diana Darke argues in “Islamesque” that Europe’s monuments owe a vast debt to Muslim craftsmen and designers.

After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...

As part of a massive renovation, the Leonardo da Vinci portrait will get its own gallery space accessible from a separate entrance ...

Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval ...

Ukraine has a long and complex history full of struggles victories and resilience From the ancient Kyivan Rus to modern independence the country has always been a land of strong-willed people fighting ...

Here, in an extract from the book, we take a look at Viterbo, a delightfully under-discovered province in the Lazio region of ...

At the beginning of World War II, a trove of royal treasure from the 16th century was hidden beneath the Vilnius Cathedral in ...