Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, completed five years before community's destruction, going under hammer after being returned to ...

A skeleton that may belong to a 15th-century countess has been discovered near a senate building in the Netherlands. Archaeologists were excavating areas around the Binnenhof—a parliament building in ...

A team of archaeologists has investigated the wreck of a boat that sank in the 15th century, revealing fascinating new insights into the stricken vessel. The so-called "Maderö wreck" was first ...

Around 1455, a medieval French painter and miniaturist named Jean Fouquet painted a small diptych with two panels, one of which depicts St. Stephen holding a strangely shaped stone—usually interpreted ...

In the early 15th century, the Balkans and Eastern Europe as a whole suffered under Ottoman raids and conquest. The Ottoman ...

Divers recovered “surprising” artifacts from a 15th century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, including weapons, according to a new study. Photo from the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology ...

Here's what we know about Zaze. She was a woman. She lived some 3,500 years ago in southeastern Turkey. And as the manager—or maybe owner—of a furniture workshop, she employed at least seven ...

The Lisbon Mahzor has been reunited with its remaining third at the National Library of Israel. A rare 15th-century Portuguese Jewish manuscript, long incomplete after it was split into three parts, ...

Rich in history and abundant with charm, this little-known village on nature's doorstep in Lancashire makes for an idyllic getaway.