When we learn music today, one of the first things we encounter is the familiar set of syllables used to name the notes of the scale: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. To many people, this seems ...

In monasteries, villages, and castles, stories spread of spirits walking among the living. Medieval ghost encounters revealed both deep fears and the mysteries of the afterlife.

There is a timeless magic that clings to a medieval castle. It’s a feeling you get when you stand beneath massive stone walls, gaze up at towering turrets, and imagine knights, royalty, and ancient ...

Natasha Deen is a Guyanese-Canadian writer of books for kids and adults. Her books include the YA novels In the Key of Nira Ghani and The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad. She also teaches in the ...

Members from the Barony An Dubhaigeainn, the Suffolk County branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism — an international living history group dedicated to research and reenactment of the Middle ...

Le Loke was, like all leper hospitals, known as a Lazar House, named after Lazarus the Beggar from the Bible, who was believed to be a leper. The hospital was dedicated to and named after St Leonard, ...

"You have to keep beating it for longer," my grandmother instructed me. "It isn't pale yet. It's still too yellow." I didn't ask how long this would take. I was nine years old, and I understood what ...

Age puzzles go back to antiquity. They challenge us to figure out how ages fit together into a pattern, using a blend of imagination and logic.

Forget Hollywood duels—real medieval combat was messy, dangerous, and often deadly. From swords and shields to armor and strategy, this is how warriors truly fought. ‘It’s Disturbing’: Supreme Court ...

Things are getting spicy. We explain how a word referring to cinnamon and pepper turned less literal by the 19th century.