The archaeologists were overjoyed when the grave and thus the church were finally confirmed on the second-to-last day of the excavation. In the middle is Christian Edelfelt Koch Madsen. Photo: Ellen ...

A rare 12th-century manuscript linked to St. Francis of Assisi goes on display at the Walters Art Museum, marking 800 years since his death.

A small bronze firearm discovered during a landmine search in South Korea has been identified as the country’s oldest ...

Archaeologists in Copenhagen have uncovered around 20 medieval burials believed to belong to the city’s long-lost leprosy hospital.

Three skeletons long thought to be prehistoric have been radiocarbon dated to the 14th and 15th centuries, revealing medieval reuse of Italy’s Grotta Romanelli ...

Archaeologists on Norway’s Selja island have discovered a substantial building that could reveal more about life beyond its medieval monastery walls.

Dartmouth College has acquired a rare illuminated medieval manuscript containing a copy of Edward I’s 1300 regrant of Magna Carta.

A new study finds that medieval monasteries helped drive the rise of England’s wool economy, as sheep farming expanded from the seventh century.

Ancient DNA reveals how medieval Swedish migration reshaped coastal Finland while uncovering extensive Viking-Age connections ...

Archaeologists at Loburg Castle in Germany have uncovered early medieval fortifications, pottery and other finds dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries.

The National Library of Sweden has digitised 176 medieval manuscripts, making nearly 60,000 images freely available online.

Two 15th-century gold rings discovered in North Yorkshire, depicting the blood of Christ and St Margaret of Antioch, are heading to auction.