A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

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Image Credit: Deposit Photos. Being born in the Medieval era was a dangerous undertaking in itself. Infant mortality rates ...

Pregnancy and childbirth presented the medieval expectant mother with a whole host of challenges and dangers. Just as today, ...

In the United States, childbirth costs anywhere from a few thousand to more than a hundred thousand dollars, leaving many young families in medical debt immediately upon welcoming a child into the ...

Royal childbirths, a far cry from today's private affairs, were once grand spectacles, laden with political significance. Public scrutiny was the norm, with hundreds of onlookers present to confirm ...

A tiny gold Bible associated with England’s 15th century King Richard III has been recovered by a metal detectorist in York. The discoverer, however, was no seasoned explorer or dirty nailed ...

At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and cultures. The fictional tale of Phyllis and Aristotle, in which she gets ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently published findings revealing the remarkable contents of bearded vultures' nests – including traces of the Middle Ages. The results, published in the journal Ecology on ...

I recently had the privilege to build the Medieval Horse Knight Castle set. It's a fairly new release that is joined by only a few other sets aimed at early Renaissance times—including this full-on ...

The Sanford Health Foundation announced this month it's opening a bereavement suite for families who experience miscarriage and infant loss. After a Sioux Falls couple lost their son at 28 weeks ...

She continued to respond to the livestream chat throughout the eight-hour process, even cracking jokes. Despite questions on whether the birth livestream conforms to Twitch’s content rules, the ...