A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols was discovered by construction workers in the Netherlands, according to ...

In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate when they spotted a long piece of metal protruding from one extracted lump of clay. It turned out to be a medieval iron ...

The symbol, a large cross surrounded by four smaller ones, is called a Jerusalem Cross, and it dates back to medieval times. According to Steyer, he draws it on himself every morning with a pen.

Stereograms mark a threshold in understanding visual perception. Modern study of stereopsis began with Wheatstone's invention of the stereogram and stereoscope (~ 1832), important tools in vision ...

By the medieval period, the wheel most often turns up in accounts of the lives—and often very graphic deaths—of the Christian saints; the device even became the symbol of one, St. Catherine of ...

Another theory is that it is merely a late-Medieval hoax. While the debates rage on, here are five things you probably did not know about this most mysterious of manuscripts. Five scribes ...

Some reports have suggested the symbols were drawn by witches — perhaps unsurprising given the announcement’s proximity to Halloween — but Mr. Berry believes that to be a misinterpretation.