Chris Wickham, one of the most influential historians of medieval Europe, has passed away. His research transformed how ...

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have uncovered a sixth- to seventh-century fortified settlement, revealing ancient walls, pottery and a rare bird figurine.

Yet another group has made a bold statement decrying the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new policy of charging out-of-state visitors $25 admission. This time, the opponents are monster scholars, ...

The spread of misinformation online may feel like a modern problem. But more than 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer, author of “The Canterbury Tales,” worried about the same thing. According to Fernanda ...