In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate when they spotted a long piece of metal ...

Researchers believe the ring may have adorned a high-ranking ecclesiastical official, symbolizing deep spiritual meanings and ...

A construction crew discovered a 1,000-year-old iron sword in the Netherlands still fully intact. The short sword comes ...

The Capitoline Museums' statue of the legendary she-wolf was not crafted by the city's ancestors, but was made at least 1,000 years later in the Middle Ages, some experts insist.

In medieval societies, the dragon was classified within the same framework as regular animal species. Legends, stories, and images turned it into a symbol of the Middle Ages that would transcend time.

The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages, saw amazing advances in art, science, and philosophy. Around 1300, scholars in Europe ...

One of the Templars’ more enigmatic symbols was their wax seal – two knights riding a single horse. In the Middle Ages, people used seals to protect important communications from forgery ...

Pets were a status symbol in the middle ages, but one type stood out. by The Conversation and Madeleine S. Killacky. Jan. 1, 2023. Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages.

Since the Middle Ages, ... “The Vatican is a symbol of the highest morality of free Western democratic civilization,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the Holy See Andrii Yurash told the Washington Post.

One of the Templars’ more enigmatic symbols was their wax seal – two knights riding a single horse. In the Middle Ages, people used seals to protect important communications from forgery ...