The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts offers the first major exhibition devoted to these canvases, featuring 14 of the works Van Gogh ...

As the transatlantic alliance falters, a major exhibition of U.S. photography offers Europeans a dizzying array of ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

Pat Sajak has landed a new starring role, months after retiring from Wheel of Fortune. The iconic game show host, 78, will ...

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle. The discovery was announced by the University ...

A Grade II listed Yorkshire castle which dates back to the 13th Century is up for sale for £7m. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our ...

Following political imprisonment in the 1970s, the artist painted a series of portraits of incarcerated women. Describing herself as a chronographer of Turkey’s modern history, Karamustafa is ...

Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and 13th century French monasteries are wrapped with seal skins that may have come from as far away as Greenland, researchers report April 9 in Royal ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an underground structure at the Binnenhof in The Hague, revealing some of the oldest structural remains of the historic site, dating back to the 13th century, the ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

One basis for this suggestion is that Muksus appears to have been active in the first quarter of the 12th century BCE. This ties in very well with the dating of the Sea Peoples. They do appear in ...