The takeover ended one of the worst outbreaks of violence between the central government and the Kurdish-led forces since the ...

From knitting to designing jewelry, the people of the Scottish archipelago have for centuries found meaning through making. Here, where to stay and what to do.

Researchers traced the roots of population movements to England during the early medieval period, from the end of Roman rule ...

Archaeologists in Tønsberg, Norway, found a gold medieval ring set with a blue stone that was meant to promote chastity and ...

Large changes in the labor force can rip apart society’s social fabric, as Europe saw in the Middle Ages. Back then, the agricultural labor market was organized by a system ...

The article ‘How Medieval Monks Tried to Stay Warm in the Winter’ by Giles Gasper was originally published on The Conversation and has been republished under a Creative Commons license.

UnitedHealth (UNH) stock and other managed care stocks are in focus as Trump plans to meet all 14 U.S. insurers to push for ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

The Bayeux Tapestry, the medieval embroidery depicting the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066, may have been ...