Some places feel straight out of a medieval legend—stone walls stretching into the distance, towers rising above the rooftops, and narrow lanes winding through centuries of history... Carcassonne, the ...

From its foundation in the 10th century to the decline of its influence in the early 12th, a program of reform and a renewal ...

Ancient grape seeds reveal the slow domestication process from the Bronze Age to the Medieval Period. The domestication of ...

Challenging word-based games are not a modern invention. In early medieval England there was a strong appetite for word ...

The domestication of grapevine was a slow process in Italy, taking place over thousands of years, according to a study ...

Greek scholars made numerous and vital contributions to Italy’s Renaissance, helping bridge Eastern and Western intellectual ...

The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

The discovery of coins and jewelry in the Czech Republic worth up to $680,000 raises a tantalizing mystery for historians and ...

But without the proper planning, a summer trip to Europe can leave travelers contending with huge crowds during peak season.

One 15th Century manuscript compiled by a Carmelite friar, and translated from Latin, included a suggested infertility cure ...