Prehistoric monuments, medieval castles, churches, and monastic sites retain the glory of the Shannon Region's colorful past.

The Turks and the Principality of Antioch have decided to stop fighting each other, and are now fighting as one. Their main ...

Junior Fellow Spencer Weinreich sat down with FM to discuss the history of solitary confinement, the meaning of his tattoos, ...

Every day holds the essence of history, and September 19 is no exception.Discovery of Ötzi the Iceman (1991)Fast forward to ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

Lizzie Fox, a third-year M.F.A. student in literary translation, is pursuing a project translating plays written in the 10th century by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, the first-known female playwright in ...

A new study traces the winged leonine artwork back to the Yangtze River basin, hypothesizing that it was likely a colossal, ...

A new initiative, Italea, focuses on the millions of people worldwide with Italian ancestry who are eager to learn more about ...

The History Guy looked back to the medieval period to look at the less than noble deaths of the ruling aristocrats of the time.

Dr. William J. Purkis, medieval history professor from the United Kingdom, will present "'The Greatest Lies'? Devotion to ...

In a Q&A, Yale historian Ivan G. Marcus explains the rise of a confrontation in medieval Europe that set the stage for modern antisemitism.