Turns out, the Dark Ages weren’t so dim when it came to wellness. Researchers have unearthed a trove of medical remedies dating back over a thousand years, revealing that early medieval Europeans were ...

Most of the coinage dates to the 12th century and some are embossed with “KANATUS,” the Latin name of King Knut Eriksson.

The coins must have amounted to a huge sum when they were buried about 900 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A woman who ...

A team of restoration workers in Dijon, France, pulled up a section of stone flooring inside the Church of Saint Philibert and found a staircase that wasn’t on any of the plans. It was just one of the ...

The Lough Kinale Book Shrine was discovered in an Irish lake in 1986. National Museum of Ireland In the early Middle Ages, Irish monks transported an important collection of texts to continental ...

It was thought that disabled people were looked down upon in the Middle Ages, but a new discovery disputes that belief. Human bones discovered by archaeologists offer a window into the lives of Middle ...

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Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, Vol. 16, No. 2/3 (1986), pp. 150-169 (20 pages) ...