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A church like a European castle

At first glance, this grand cathedral looks like a medieval castle from Europe. But it’s right in the middle of South ...
Why go? The historic quarter of Rhodes is one of Europe's best-preserved medieval towns. Beyond the city, pine forests, olive ...
There's a Medieval bridge which is Europe's longest inhabited, with 32 timber-framed buildings that houses 80 residents ...
The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an ...
Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...
The Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain, is a Neolithic monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The monument, built ...
“This finding aligns with both modern soil science and the medieval ‘miasma theory,’ which held that diseases spread through ...
A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...
Ravens were historically linked to prophecy, battle outcomes, and divine insight due to their intelligence and scavenging ...
An interdisciplinary research team from Leipzig has discovered strong evidence of a Black Death mass grave near the deserted ...
As a growing number of travellers seek out quieter alternatives to popular European hotspots, travel experts at Iglu Cruise ...
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 ...