Why did Mahmud of Ghazni wait 25 years to sack Somnath, persecute Muslims in Multan, and why was a mosque later built near ...

Italian archaeologist Laura Giuliano’s curation brings together the entangled histories of India, Pakistan, China, ...

The Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain, is a Neolithic monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The monument, built ...

An exhibition called "Paws on Parchment" tracks how cats were depicted in the Middle Ages through texts and artworks from ...

Scientists reveal strong physical evidence for an ancient lost city in Spain, offering fresh insight into a vanished ...

A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...

Not all medieval disasters became famous. Some were too slow, too inconvenient, or too politically uncomfortable to preserve ...

Medieval hygiene wasn’t as simple—or as filthy—as popular myths suggest. While daily baths were rare due to water scarcity and labor, people still washed their hands, faces, clothes, and linens ...

European travel expert Rick Steves knows the best places to visit. For a rich cultural and historical experience, check out ...

Press and the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at AUB co-organized the laun ...

On Jan. 7, Renee Good, an American citizen and mother of three, was shot to death by one Jonathan Ross, an agent of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Anyone in the ...

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Dr. Ellery Frahm and his colleagues analyzed two ...