Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...

Google Earth’s time-travel feature is more than a novelty. It’s powered by a massive collection of scanned maps from archives ...

From ancient Rome to medieval Spain to Renaissance Venice, generations of mariners have relied on biscotti as a source of ...

From picture books to middle-grade and YA, here are the CBC Books picks for best Canadian children's books of the year!

America’s recent flirtation with kingship is unsettling, but history has shown us that monarchy is much more than power grabs ...

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we ...

Medieval 3 will "empower players to shape realms, rewrite history, and immerse themselves in the Middle Ages like never before" ...

Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Montreal’s Old Port welcomes a striking new addition to its cultural landscape.

What do the tapestry's scenes of battle reveal about life and death in the Middle Ages?

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...