The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed.

The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were ...

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...

The playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and the performance artist Alina Troyano summon downtown’s wild spirit, and Elevator ...

Historic England works closely with partners and communities across the ... but now the late 14th/early 15th century wooden ...

Picture Worlds at the Michael C. Carlos Museum looks at pottery from three ancient cultures: Greek, Maya and Moche.

Europe is full of historical sites and popular tourist destinations that draw millions of visitors every year. If you have ...

A campaign to return a rare 13th century bible to Salisbury Cathedral is already well under way thanks to proceeds from the ...

Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a ...

Few directors have a visual style as distinctive as Tim Burton. The director has been building Gothically surreal and ...

The sprawling PST festival of more than 70 exhibitions doesn’t quite live up to its theme of art and science colliding. But ...

Many photographic forms and media are included in the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition of 130 works donated by the ...