A pair of medieval slabs has been recovered from the depths of Studland Bay, off the coast of Dorset in the U.K., after lying underwater for some 800 years. The relics were part of the cargo of a 13th ...

Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered the medieval burial of an extremely tall man who was buried with a long sword — one that was nearly two-thirds of his height — and may have been a nobleman who ...

Excavation by Moesgaard Museum during installation of new waste containers will use carbon dating and DNA tests to explore ...

In 1968, excavators uncovered a nearly 1,000-year-old grave in Finland thought to be occupied by a warrior woman, given the presence of both jewelry and a pristine sword in the grave. A new analysis ...

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The sweeping scourge of the Black Death in 14th century England was so great it forced city-dwelling victims out to countryside hospitals, based on the tragic findings in a mass grave in Lincolnshire, ...