With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Such a mystical occurrence cannot take place in front of millions of eyes, and so it happens away from the eyes of the world. However, another reason for it is attributed to something that dates back ...

About 8 feet below the modern building, the team found the ruins of a stone wall, identified as part of a 13th-century bishop’s fortress. Some of the medieval ruins found under the Čazma City ...

In Francis’ case, his name honored St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th century mystic known for his simplicity and love for nature. From the balcony, the new pope will greet the crowd below and deliver his ...

Its earliest significant texts appear in 12th- and 13th-century Spain and Provence. The Kabbalists sought to understand the ... These Sefirot form the structure of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, an ...

A renowned cartographer, the Paris-born Rekacewicz is well aware of his medium’s capacity to transform narratives for good ...

In this one-hour special, The Story of Fascism in Europe, Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe — taking millions of people with it. This special is also ...

The first food vendors were said to have been around as early as the 13th century, selling meat on the streets. The market you see today wasn't around back then; it took four years to construct ...

The school-bus-sized observatory launched on April 24, 1990 and overcame early setbacks to become one of the most ...