A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

Historian Diana Darke argues in “Islamesque” that Europe’s monuments owe a vast debt to Muslim craftsmen and designers.

The Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds exhibition in the RIBA Architecture Gallery will close to the public at 5pm on Friday 20 December, and reopen at 10am on Monday 6 January. 4 December ...

The Police Reform Commission has proposed floating police stations to combat crimes on waterways, increasing the number of female police for a women-friendly service, and modernising the force ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev submitted 10th-ranked Renato Moicano at 4:05 of the first round Saturday night at UFC 311 for his 15th straight victory. It didn’t ...

Kenzo Tange remains one of the most influential figures in Asian modernist architecture. His early works, rooted in wooden structures and single-family homes, such as the Tange House in Seijo ...

Federal authorities have charged a Durham man with attempting to help ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Alexander Justin White, 29, was arrested Dec. 4 at Raleigh-Durham ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

On Jan. 15, the sun will oppose Mars retrograde, triggering a cosmic standoff between your ego and your emotions. This is the kind of transit that could make you feel like you’re caught in a tug ...

Not one but two private firms each launched spacecraft to the Moon today — a sign of companies ... from charged particles flowing from the Sun. The instrument will use the Moon as a platform ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said Wednesday. The rebels with the Allied Democratic ...