An excavation at Oxford University has yielded ancient book clasps, medieval pens and imported fish bones, offering fascinating glimpses into college life and trade from another time.

University of Gloucestershire acquired a property in 2021 where it planned to build a modern center for teaching, learning and community partnerships set to open this year. But during work ...

Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have recovered four exceptionally well-preserved medieval spears from Lake Lednica in western Poland, including one ornately decorated ...

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

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—More than 2,000 medieval scholars from around the world will convene on Western Michigan University’s campus Thursday through Saturday, May 9-11, for the 59th meeting of the ...

What words come to mind when you think of the Middle Ages, also known as the medieval period? If you’re thinking “violence,” you’re not wrong (though I would have added “smelly”). To investigate the ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

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