ROME (Reuters) - Carbon dating has cast doubt on the authenticity of one of four robes kept by Italian churches as relics of the medieval Saint Francis of Assisi, though another tunic, a belt and a ...

They may not have had the internet, but medieval people still liked to share a joke – as the discovery of what archaeologists are dubbing a historic “meme” found in northern England suggests. A ...

The king stands before the two dozen or so fighters kneeling on the grass in his presence. Their heads are bent as if in group prayer, their tunics sullied with the sweat and blood of combat. The king ...