Various dynasties worked on the 2,485-mile-long (4,000-km) MWS, such as the Jin dynasty (1115 to 1234 CE), whose empire ...

Scans and radiographs revealed not just the break but its consequences: dense new bone formations, signs of infection, and ...

Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...

A new study sheds new light on one of the least understood segments of medieval Inner Asian infrastructure: the Gobi Wall.

A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its ...

Archaeologists have revealed a rare medieval cult site, dated to the 7th century, replete with gold and silver offerings, a study reports. Well-excavated cult sites are key to understanding changing ...

Nearly eight years of excavation work at a medieval fortress in Gothenburg, Sweden has yielded a number of revealing ...

Construction on the Varberg Tunnel in Sweden—part of a modern railway project—has resulted in an unexpected bounty of ...

Diobolgeldæ/Medieval Archaeology “I think that this cult site was mainly used by local elites to emphasize their own status, and of course, you do that pre-eminently with valuables,” Kort ...

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the medicines they cooked up in their labs ‘secrets’. And thanks to a study ...

According to medieval Welsh texts ... A spokesperson for the Cornwall Archaeology Society, which was also involved in the excavations, said the association with Arthur reflected the structure's ...