Deep in the forest surrounding Sławobórz, Poland, interdisciplinary researchers have finally unearthed the lost medieval town ...

Before photography and global travel, artists relied on second-hand descriptions of exotic animals. That sometimes led to very creative interpretations. Today we’re looking at some of the funniest ...

The newly recovered 1000-year-old page from the Archimedes palimpsest. Credit: Blois, Musée des Beaux-Arts / IRHT-CNRS. For over a century, a priceless piece of mathematical history has been hiding in ...

Revealed during renovations of Durham Castle, the artwork could date back to the late 13th to early 14th centuries ...

Renovation work at Durham Castle has uncovered a remarkable piece of medieval artwork hidden for seven centuries behind wall panelling and plaster. The painting, which shows a red flower with its stem ...

A medieval wall painting believed to date from the late 13th or early 14th century has been discovered at Durham Castle in Durham City.

A 700-year-old medieval wall painting has been discovered during renovations of a castle. The painting, which experts believe ...

As such, the palimpsest hosts a number of 10th century treatises by the Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes of Syracuse (though the original texts would have been centuries older). Notably, ...

The Musée National du Moyen Age welcomes representations of the mythical creature from every culture and era, though even this exploration does not exhaust the mysteries of the legend.

Art fans may jump at the chance to see or even buy work by Catalan-Spanish surrealist painter Joan Miró in the southern ...

From the Tower of London and Windsor Castle to small local churches, Colette Langan says she learned her art while restoring windows in historic buildings ...

I fell in love with textile art. Above and right: visitors to Judy Chicago’s installation, ‘The Dinner Party’, are greeted by six five-foot-high woven banners, created between 1974 and 1979. © Judy ...