Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. Knights served as a part of the […] ...

Ancient stories have captivated humanity for thousands of years, filled with magical creatures, lost cities, and legendary ...

The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...

The mysterious deaths of five Germans – three who died by crossbow bolts lodged in their bodies – may have been part of a murder-suicide pact by a cult-like group devoted to medieval folklore, baffled ...

As the seasons turn and the nights draw in, the countryside of the British Isles seems alive with omens: an owl’s screech, or a bat above the hedgerows. For centuries, such creatures were cast as ...

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A Welsh tradition dating to the medieval period of a landscape lost to the sea is plausible, new evidence on the evolution of the coastline of west Wales has revealed. Drawing on geological data and a ...

The Middle Ages were a time in human history that occurred roughly from the year 500 to the year 1500 CE, and is commonly associated with knights, castles, and princesses. It's become a common ...

Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. Knights served as a part of the aristocracy for most of Europe, far from popular films’ hallowed heroism or comedic ...