This release is also available in Farsi, Arabic and Turkish. Medieval Islamic artisans developed a pattern-making process for designing ornate tiled surfaces that allowed them to produce sophisticated ...

They were set up a little like galaxies in the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Thousands of medieval Islamic tombs in ...

Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The program is dedicated to the ...

Faced with a range of serious patient reactions to the COVID-19 disease, doctors and nurses have sometimes struggled to find viable treatment options. But when we examine faith-based responses to the ...

The Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient contains studies furthering our knowledge of the economic and social history of the Ancient Near East, the World of Islam, and South, ...

Researchers have found chemical residues of grapes in medieval containers indicating a prosperous wine trade in Islamic Sicily. Researchers at the University of York have found chemical residues of ...

Today, the southern French city of Nimes is known for its beautiful waterways and well-preserved Roman architecture. But back in the eighth century, it was at the fringe of territorial battles between ...

In an article today, he also discusses the work of who he considers the 'first true scientist', al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham: without doubt, another great physicist, who is worthy of ranking up alongside ...

Eclipses have fascinated people since the earliest days of recorded history. These rare astronomical events have helped explain the world around us—from ancient Mesopotamia to medieval Islamic ...

Ceramic vessels originating in the Islamic world once adorned the facades of churches and other Christian monuments, while Christian symbols such as the cross embellished columns, slabs, and other ...