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 ...

Most reliquary crosses are found broken, opened, or separated, which strips away key information about how they were made and used. This one is different: it’s a two-part cross permanently sealed with ...

Historically, Theodoro (also known as Gothia) is often described as one of the final “rump states” of the Eastern Roman world, with its capital at Mangup (Doros/Theodoro) and a mixed population that ...

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 ...

An excavation in Oslo's former harbor has yielded the remains of a rare iron gauntlet, likely lost by a medieval knight in the 14th century. Archaeologists with the Norwegian Institute for Cultural ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. The researchers found early medieval ...

Archaeologists working on Sheffield Castle in the United Kingdom found burnt material that helps date the site. Screengrab from Wessex Archaeology's Facebook post Years into excavations at a medieval ...

In an exciting announcement, the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage of Iraq has revealed the discovery of the boundaries and various structures of the ancient city of Jalula, the city that ...

(CNN) — Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both an intricate illustration of the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and a ...

Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...