The Chapel of Corpus Christi in the Toledo Cathedral is also known as the Mozarabic Chapel because Cardinal Cisneros decreed ...

Since its premiere in 1977, Star Wars has captivated generations with its mix of adventure, philosophy, and futuristic ...

On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite in history, into orbit. That program would ...

In a discovery that challenges conventional astronomical observation techniques, a team of researchers led by Rutgers ...

In his dialogues, Plato mentions an enigmatic figure who stands out both for her wisdom and her gender: a woman named Diotima ...

The archaeological site of Sissi, seen from the north. The white dotted line indicates the limits of the cemetery (Zones 1 & 9). Credit: N. Kress / Belgian School at Athens During the Bronze Age ...

In a recent article dedicated to the Ninth Crusade, we explained that the English prince and future king Edward I landed in Acre in the spring of 1271, ready to confront the Egyptian Mamluks under ...

The Headless Horseman Chasing Ichabod Crane, a play by John Quidor on Washington Irving's short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In his work The Gothic, ...

The papyrus containing the only word written by Cleopatra herself that has survived to the present day. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the display cases of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled new findings about the enigmatic Tomb I, known as the Tomb of Persephone, located in the Great Tumulus of Vergina, Greece. This monument, considered ...

A study led by Professor Amos Frumkin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity’s most significant turning points: the Neolithic Revolution. Published in the Journal of ...

Four photographs of the tapered part of the specimen. White rectangles marked with numbers indicate: 1 – areas of red-brown coloration of the type caused by heat at the tip; 2 – location of the ...