Hidden in the margins of medieval history are rituals rarely mentioned in textbooks—some involving blood, belief, and ...

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool ...

A lot has been written about the medieval period and a lot of it generally portrays the people as being unsophisticated, cruel, and ignorant. Superstition was a dominating force that filled peoples ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Translating the Bible into the vernacular languages during the Middle Ages was simply impractical. ... On his death bed in 735, he translated the Gospel of St. John. Also in this period, ...