Despite popular opinions, the Middle Ages left behind objects that feel almost too extraordinary to be real. Some of their stuff even came covered in gold or carved to hold bones. But the best of the ...

From Hadrian's Wall to the Great Wall of China, ancient fortified structures have been the subject of interest for centuries. When archaeologists come across these walls, they often categorize them as ...

Archaeologists in Norway’s capital have unearthed thousands of leather artifacts that offer a rare glimpse into Oslo's past – and the fashion of its medieval inhabitants. The findings were recently ...

Archaeologists found 317 medieval and post-medieval skeletons at the site of a department store that is being remodeled into a university campus. This was hardly surprising, since even more ...

Two medallions and eight rings found at a thrift store may turn out to medieval artifacts. Sam Smith Simon Fraser University When a customer walked into the Thrifty Boutique, a financial supporter of ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently published findings revealing the remarkable contents of bearded vultures' nests – including traces of the Middle Ages. The results, published in the journal Ecology on ...

Italy’s Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, a squad tasked with combatting crimes relating to art and antiquities, has revealed some of the tactics it employed to discover an ...