The margins of a medieval manuscript from a convent in Naples, Italy, are decorated with doodles of what are apparently devils, a farm animal and a person that were likely drawn by children, a new ...

Workers recently stumbled across a grisly gravesite near a historic cathedral in Chelm, Poland. While removing tree roots for an ongoing garden renovation project at the Palace of the Uniate Bishops, ...

On a terrace overlooking a lake in southern France, a medieval community buried their dead. The deceased were placed in deep pits, their bodies arranged just so. Centuries passed and the cemetery was ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- All hail the queen. Medieval Times' first ever queen, Queen Dona Maria Isabella, will be visiting the Staten Island Children’s Museum for a story reading and meet and greet with ...

Every year, the medieval town of Óbidos in Portugal transforms into a true Christmas wonderland. From 28 November 2025 to 4 ...

Ruby Benefield of Westmont swung her sword through the air and then brandished a battle ax. Rather than be afraid, though, Ruby's family members just smiled. “Come on, do a grrrr face!” one of Ruby's ...

“My daughters ought not to laugh and speak much with strangers, nor dance. They ought always to be at home, and not be gadding about. They must not stand at the door. Most strongly I beg…they must ...

Science fiction may seem resolutely modern, but the genre could actually be considered hundreds of years old. There are the alien green "children of Woolpit", who appeared in 12th-century Suffolk and ...

Scabies is a highly contagious skin infection caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite, with symptoms beginning with an intensely ...

Does It Take a Village? Or riding lessons and a Swiss au pair? Are you more likely to name your daughter “Britney” or “Dylan”? No matter what your answers, I can still predict you’ll vigorously ...

It's difficult to decipher, but this could be a doodle of a person with a cow or a horse. Figure 1: LJS 361, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of ...

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