A resident of a southwest German town working on a construction project unearthed a stash of medieval coins minted around ...

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 routine fire patrol, operating some 200 miles northwest of the country's capital, Astana, discovered a nearly foot-long ...

Common misconceptions about medieval life are being overturned at William the Conqueror's newly restored Norwich Castle.

The medieval remains of a 15-year-old girl reveal that she was buried face down and with bound ankles at the edge of a settlement. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden reveals medieval naval power. Archaeologists uncover rare artillery, explosion evidence ...

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 ...

The Lords of the Isles were powerful chiefs with royal pretensions, treating English and Scottish kings as if they were on a ...

We were removing a slab when the head came rolling out at us, and as we turned it around we saw a face looking back at us.” ...

Just an hour and a half into her first ever excavation, an American archaeology student has struck gold in Britain. Dating back to the ninth century, the small, ornate artifact she unearthed may have ...

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The skeletal remains of a medieval anchoress — essentially a religious hermit — buried in an unusual, crouched position at a church site in England died with syphilis and arthritis, archaeologists ...