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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...