The word conclave is derived from the Latin words com, meaning “together” and clavis, meaning “key,” and the process was created in the early Middle Ages to ensure that a new pope could be ...

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Criterion (iv): The Old Synagogue, the Mikveh and the Stone House of Erfurt are an early and rare testimony to Jewish religious and secular architecture from the Middle Ages in Central Europe. The ...

Celebrate documentaries and dramas at Filmfest D.C., explore hundreds of bands during Petworth PorchFest, and sample gourmet chocolate from around the world.

With the monsoon winds, though, a ship could sail from the Red Sea to Gujarat in just forty days—provided one departed in early summer ... By the Middle Ages, Europe’s demand for Eastern ...

Physicians from Islamic countries during the late Middle Ages enjoyed great respect ... Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional practices from the region, some dating ...

Some of Italy's best wineries are located just south of Florence throughout the wine region of Tuscany. Here are the 9 best ...

I have been a motorcycle enthusiast since I was 16. I have ridden everything from a Honda 50 to a Heinkel Tourist, Yamaha ...

Follow along for information on the fan experience and much more as the Clingstones play their first home game.