A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

While this trend's popularity spread quickly on social media, it had other impacts as well; it launched a 1,900-year-old ...

Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood". It's a hot and muggy summer day ... as plants produce surplus sap to ...

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered new stories about him.

A shellshocked resident of Madrid has asked Brits "how they cope" with frequent wet weather after weeks of unusually heavy rainfall across Spain. Storm Martinho has battered the nation over the ...

the Ancient Cattle of Wales Society (Gwartheg Hynafol Cymru) has detailed the breed, created a herd book for pedigree cattle and worked on increasing its population. The trust's chief executive ...

Credit: Cambridge University Library An 800-year-old manuscript of a lost story about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered inside the binding of a 16th-century book at Cambridge ... born with ...