The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as “devil’s money” at a rare Medieval worship site in the Netherlands. A dig near ...

Archaeologists have revealed a rare medieval cult site, dated to the 7th century, replete with gold and silver offerings, a study reports. Well-excavated cult sites are key to understanding changing ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...

What first looked like a scatter of junk on the seabed off southern England has turned out to be one of the most revealing ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

Archaeologists have unearthed human remains thought to date to the 14th or 15th century in a newly discovered cemetery that likely belonged to a demolished medieval abbey in Northern Ireland. When you ...

At an excavation site in Distré, France, archeologists uncovered an expansive tunnel network—built between the 10th and 12th centuries—beneath what appeared to be only one medieval home site. The ...

Archaeological excavations at the heart of London's political power have revealed remarkable prehistoric tools, medieval treasures, and architectural remains spanning six millennia beneath the Palace ...

The image of a medieval knight moving slowly and stiffly under the tremendous weight of his costly armor as he readies for battle or a joust is firmly fixed in people’s imagination. But, according to ...

King Arthur’s lasting renown is one for the books. But a statistical spotlight now shines on medieval European literature’s round table of lost and forgotten stories. An international team used a ...

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