The Western Empire finally fell in the fifth century due to attacks from the Goths and the Huns. The Eastern Empire persisted ...
As Gothic hordes looted the capital that year ... assault towers to begin their attacks on walled cities. Below, a fifth-century wooden carving shows a relief of a city being defended from ...
We find, as far back as the fifth century, the custom of giving exhortations ... has six weeks of Advent; so has the Gothic or Mozarabic missal. As regards the Gallican liturgy, the fragments ...
Glass blowing developed around 1st century BCE in Palestine. Although the art of stained glass did not reach its height until Europe's Gothic Era, we find written descriptions of it dating as far back ...
AMMAN - Heavily armoured cavalry was called cataphracts and they originated in Persia during ancient times. The cataphracts took part in many campaigns on the ancient war theatres in Eurasia and ...
In the Gothic art that developed from the 13th century onward ... bishop of Paris who lived between the fourth and fifth centuries, heroically confronted a dragon that guarded the tomb of a ...
Black-and-white photographs reveal how the Japanese capital – and other travel hotspots – used to look Time, as the saying ...
There are plenty of underrated, yet equally impressive, fortresses around the world with their own unique charm and fascinating history.
An abandoned asylum in Ontario might be getting a new lease on life soon following years of neglect and deterioration.  The ...
From theater and dance performances to comedy shows and concerts, see what’s on the calendar around the Hub this fall.