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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life; both rich and poor people were interested in health and diseases. Islamic doctors and a number of scholars wrote profusely on health and ...

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 ...

Archway from the Darb-i Imam shrine, Isfahan, Iran (1453 C.E.), with two overlapping girih patterns. This image relates to an article titled "Decagonal and Quasi-Crystalline Tilings in Medieval ...

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 ...

BBC Four's 3-part series 'Islam & Science' starts tonight, and presenter, physicist Jim Al-Khalili, begins by discussing 'the language of science'. In an article today, he also discusses the work of ...

But the idea of prayer as a vital part of any response to COVID-19 might feel inappropriate or even irresponsible to some in a world that often views medicine and religion as polar opposites — one ...

Phillip I. Lieberman has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is affiliated with Vanderbilt University. Faced with a range of serious patient reactions to the COVID-19 ...