Papal elections aren't always as dramatic as "Conclave," a new film starring Ralph Fiennes, but the history behind the ...

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"Rice and beans" sounds like the very definition of simplicity. But take a look across Latin America and the Caribbean, and you'll find it's a dish – or rather, dishes – as diverse as the region ...

A new book from Harvard scholar Keidrick Roy, “ American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism ,” lays ...

Any student and enthusiast of New York City’s urban development knows Jacob A. Riis, author of the book How The Other Half ...

William Chester Jordan, the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, emeritus, and the director of the Program in Medieval ...

Well-man skeleton (Åge Hojem NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet) The elusive medieval man’s bones were first found in the well at Sverresborg Castle, but researchers lacked the tools at the time to do much ...

Researchers say the discovery matched "very well" with a story documented in a historical text known as the Sverris Saga.

Historical records allude to cities in the region, he said, but the team did not expect to find a 12-hectare medieval city some 2,200m above sea level. “We were kind of blown away,” Mr ...

Please verify your email address. In Ale Abbey, players can brew various beer recipes in a medieval-style abbey. The classic Sims formula comes with a humorous twist on medieval life in The Sims ...

A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history. A new scientific examination of 800-year-old human remains in Norway ...

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen ...