Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.

However, examination of medieval Islamic decorations, called girih patterns, reveal plenty of five and ten-fold symmetric patterns that, apparently, do tile a surface.

The wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years, researchers say.

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As early as the 15th century, elaborate symmetrical tile work on medieval Islamic buildings contained patterns straight out of modern math ...

A medieval historian has told the trial of Lisa Smith, a former soldier who denies membership of Isis, that for many the Islamic State created by terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi provided ...