An Ohio teen has gone viral for galloping up to his girlfriend’s house with his three best friends for an epic, medieval-themed “promposal.” Gavin Gillig showed up at his girlfriend, Gianna Masterlasco’s, house near Findlay, Ohio on April 25 with three willing comrades: fellow seniors Ethan Bauer, RJ Coldren, and Damon Gasser. The Liberty-Benton High Schoolers…

The defensive fortifications of medieval times have surely inspired floorplans for the “perfect castle” in the minds of many a young nerd—replete with battlements, parapets, turrets, arrow slits, a keep, and of course murder holes. As with all technologies though, including castle fortifications, they tend to go obsolete with new developments. With the advent of…

In Ichijôdani, Japan, deep beneath the rice fields, archaeologists have excavated a medieval town abandoned 400 years earlier. In fact, they discovered an entire city as it was during the 16th century, with its streets, houses, and palaces. …

Archaeologists and art restorers begin work on the restoration of medieval cave frescoes in Italy. Faced with challenges and systemic neglect of the sites, they encounter a community of shepherds and discover a living culture worth preserving most of all. …

Every week, a selection of three artworks by Marcello Barenghi! I started on YouTube with some drawings like these, very simple, to be solved in a few hours. In this video: ladybug, medieval helmet, and mandarin orange! Credit: Marcello Barenghi (facebook.com/MarcelloBarenghi) * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…

Nestled in the mouth of a yawning cave, halfway up a steep, 400-foot cliff in southwest Slovenia, Predjama Castle once stood an impregnable fortress before an invading army of the Hapsburgs. The 800-year-old structure, so local legend goes, was once occupied by a renegade robber knight named Erasmus, who met his unceremonious end while doing…

Overwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold, but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button…

PORTLAND, Maine—A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and…

On the balmy Caribbean island of Montserrat, Amy, a former British civil servant, and Marc, who was a research scientist in France, met for the first time and fell in love in a tropical paradise. In 2014, they tied the knot. But when it came time to decide where to settle, they eventually chose a place…

A Conservative MP has urged the teaching of medieval or earlier English history in schools, saying children know more about Martin Luther King Jr. than they do about the UK’s first kings. Talking to The Telegraph, MP for Rother Valley Alexander Stafford said that the subject was “greatly neglected in schools, with very little taught…