Most of the coinage dates to the 12th century and some are embossed with “KANATUS,” the Latin name of King Knut Eriksson. Born no later than the 1140s, Eriksson ruled over medieval Sweden from 1172 CE ...

A person digging for fishing worms near a Swedish summer cottage recently discovered a medieval silver hoard containing up to 20,000 coins, along with rings and pendants.

Archaeologists have described in detail four rare early medieval spears recovered from Lake Lednica in west-central Poland, a find that adds to what researchers call the largest single-site collection ...

A German archaeologist discussed his team’s research on two cadavers buried in early medieval England — both of whom had ...

Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was used to make coins during the early medieval period in Europe. For a study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of experts ...

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Kreiner is a professor of history at the University of Georgia specializing in the early Middle Ages, and the author of The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction It’s time for ...

An angler in Sweden has uncovered an extraordinary medieval cauldron of historic jewellery and around 20,000 coins while digging for worms.