State-of-the-art technology has helped to create an avatar of the voice and face of Britain's Richard III over 500 years ...

The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver. It was made at the beginning of the ninth century ...

King Richard III has been given a new lease of life, with state-of-the-art technology recreating his voice - complete with a ...

The practice of reading is not what it once was. In this age of information, adults in the United States read fewer books with each passing year, and for many, reading has become synonymous with the ...

A couple of centuries ago, the press was recognized as the fourth estate, meaning it had the most clout after the medieval ...

Stephanie Leith’s work focuses on analyzing the spines of medieval era books to look for clues about life and literature at ...

Unlike the upper-class tones of his modern successors, the re-created king's voice has a more common and earthy twang as he ...

The conclave system may seem dramatic, but it was developed after centuries of outside interference and looting.

An illustration from a medieval French manuscript depicts the Polo brothers ... approaches of the Mongols included having the ...

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

Papal elections aren't always as dramatic as "Conclave," a new film starring Ralph Fiennes, but the history behind the process is.