BBC’s Merlin gave Arthurian legend a funny, heartfelt twist—and its brilliant character arcs make it fantasy’s most ...

A lost 800-year-old Merlin and King Arthur manuscript was found in the 16th-century book and studied using advanced imaging technology.

Unlike modern genre hits like Game of Thrones and The Witcher, Merlin successfully embraced a lighter tone, which more fantasies need to do.

After that massive cliffhanger, we need more seasons of The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin to learn Arthur's story.

Conservator Sally Kilby and Błażej Mikuła photograph inside the folds of a medieval manuscript that was used as the cover for another book later on. - Cambridge University Library Sign up for CNN’s ...

In 2019, scholars at Cambridge University Library discovered an extremely rare 750-year-old text on the legends of King Arthur hiding in plain sight. A fragment of the fragile manuscript had been ...

At first glance, the 16th-century register found in the Cambridge University Library might not seem the most remarkable of objects. Its brittle pages simply held handwritten records of property deeds ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Morgan le Fay is one of the most infamous characters of Arthurian mythology. A powerful sorceress and, in later stories, King ...