North African cities like Kairouan and Cairo became intellectual hubs, fostering advancements in mathematics, medicine ... underscoring the interconnected medieval world.

As cost-of-living soars, wars rage and stock markets fluctuate, we could all use a respite. The natural world has been proven ...

Known for their celibacy, their craftsmanship, and not often much else, the monastic and pacifist Shakers ... to the concept of wonder in the work of medieval scholar Zakariyya al-Qazwini.

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia stands as a magnificent ruin, a Gothic fortress that looms over the city like ...

Forget sandy beaches and crowded theme parks – the most unforgettable spring break destination might just be a crumbling prison in Philadelphia where the walls quite literally talk back.

Though the edifices of Nalanda were largely reduced to mounds and the great monastery ceased to function in the early fourteenth century—its legacy in the development of Science, Medicine ... to the ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

A team at the University of Bergen in Norway have determined that a minimum of 1.1% of medieval manuscripts ... has often focused on individual monastic scriptoria, regions, or smaller timeframes.

First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic ...

Chanel’s signature monochrome palette — the brand’s emblematic black and white — also seems to echo the visual simplicity of ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...