This week, I got the chance to visit two special exhibits: the Getty Museum has an exhibit on the alchemy of color and the Getty Research Institute has one on art depicting alchemy. From antiquity to ...

Medieval alchemy was a dangerous blend of science, mysticism, and obsession. Alchemists experimented with toxic substances in ...

In a quiet corner of a European museum, a set of stained crucibles and dusty glassware has forced historians to redraw the timeline of chemistry. When scientists analyzed this medieval alchemist’s kit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ceramic container is over 1.5 feet tall. Located in southern Saxony, Germany, Gnandstein Castle's earliest iteration was built ...

In the dim illumination of a library devoted to protecting ancient books from light degradation, James R. Voelkel gingerly picks up a nearly 600-year-old alchemy text. Written by hand sometime around ...

Welcome to The Library of Elements: a VR experience devoted to European medieval alchemy. There is no simple definition of alchemy, which, in different forms, has developed independently in India, ...

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