An auction assistant poses with Medieval Illustrated Hebrew Prayerbook: The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor on display during press preview of Sotheby's Old Masters upcoming auctions in New York, NY on ...

A medieval shrine dedicated to York’s patron saint has returned to York Minster for the first time in nearly 500 years.

A hobbyist using a metal detector in Brandenburg discovered a cross featuring Jesus inside a wheel that dates back roughly 1,000 years.

Archaeologists working near Skipsea Castle in East Yorkshire say a series of rare discoveries is transforming understanding ...

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

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York Minster will mark the 800-year anniversary of the declaration of Archbishop William fitzHerbert as York’s patron saint York Minster will mark the 800th anniversary of the declaration of ...

A stunning French castle recently hit the market — with a high listing price that few can afford. But its history of nearly 1,000 years may interest many more. Le Château de la Verdière, located in ...

It was an historic afternoon in the former Courtroom No. 1 in the old York County Courthouse. Sandie Walker took the oath of office to become York's 26th mayor. She is not the city's first female ...

IN modern times from the 1960s, the Micklegate Run led pubgoers into the centre of York. Beloved of stag and hen dos and race-goers, it was invariably very drunken, noisy and sometimes boisterous.