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This beautiful UK street feels like stepping into the past, where every cobblestone tells a story from another time.
A recent social media claim that Albanian is the oldest Indo-European language still in use has been debunked as ...
As noted in last month’s article, the second half of the 20th century was a golden age for Jewish Americans.
Architect David Ferrer writes a history of Europe that takes a journey through the continent's past through its most representative and groundbreaking constructions, exploring from pleasure to ...
A giant Roman shoe sole measuring nearly 13 inches long was discovered near Hadrian’s Wall at the Magna Roman Fort in Northumberland. Archaeologists found 32 leather shoes in a defensive ditch, with ...
After graduating from WSU in '63, Chaplin took an opportunity to be a "world problems" teacher, senior advisor, and head ...
The 14th century ushered in the beginning of the bloody Hundred Years’ War with France, an epic conflict with Scotland that would last into the 16th century, famine in Northern Europe and the ...
The Shem Tov Bible, a stunning 14th-century manuscript created by the renowned kabbalist Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon, will be displayed in the National Library of Israel.
And if you want more insights into Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, especially this Holy Week, I commend the words of an Italian mystic from the 14th century. Her name is Saint Catherine of Siena.
For the sake of simplicity, this article will narrow its scope to Northern Europe during the 14th century, a time when the Black Death ran rampant, the Hundred Years’ War raged, and chivalry was ...
Cabinet members voted in favour of spending £920,000 on the work, and if their decision is supported by the full council, the total bill for The Halls will be more than £7.8m. Just under half of ...
Although the bubonic plague is most often associated with its deadly impact on 14th century Europe, traces of Yersinia pestis have also been found in skeletons found in modern-day Russia dating as ...