The previously unknown settlement appears to have been abandoned at some point in the 1300s, but researchers don't know why ...

Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...

“The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology. It’s the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to ...

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

A lot of little kids go through the dinosaur phase, and I was no exception. But where most broke off into loving sports or ...

Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the "Svaelget 2" is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts ...

The book is Emendatio vitae —The Emending of Life—written in the 14th century by Richard Rolle, a Yorkshire hermit and mystic ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 'nationally important' Anglo-Saxon burial site during excavations for a new nuclear power ...

A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...

The cemetery found in Suffolk consists of at least 11 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds (barrows) dating to the 6th–7th centuries AD. While acidic sandy soils have dissolved the bones, the excavators have ...

A trip to Greece offers so much more than swimming in crystal-clear waters and visiting ancient ruins (though both are ...

The remains of Svaelget 2 included a covered platform known as a "castle deck" where sailors could hide from the weather.