The late 13th-century wall paintings were whitewashed following a mid-15th-century fire and had remained hidden behind wooden panels since then, as reported by ARTnews. The team, which included ...

Fairies were stock characters in medieval romances from the late 13th/early 14th century, including the story of Sir Orfeo, a Middle English rewriting of the Greek myth. A young woman is swept ...

During construction at a 13th century church in Gardelegen, Germany, volunteers found over 1,000 artifacts that spanned seven ...

Work to recover an anchor of a ship from the late 13th century Mongolian armada that tried to invade Japan is under way off the coast of Takashima island in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. The ...

From the late 13th century onwards funeral effigies of monarchs and other royal persons were carried in a funeral procession on the coffin beneath a canopy. The effigy was generally close to the ...