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 ...

The medieval remains of a 15-year-old girl reveal that she was buried face down and with bound ankles at the edge of a settlement. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as “devil’s money” at a rare Medieval worship site in the Netherlands. A dig near ...

The late 12th century was a turbulent period for medieval Sweden. Swedish forces were actively attempting to colonize regions of Finland, creating widespread instability and conflict. Lin Annerbäck, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an early medieval cemetery on the grounds of a 12th-century castle and evidence of ritual feasting at the site. Researchers believe there could be as many as 80 graves at ...

Beneath a city square in the English city of Leicester, archaeologists have discovered a Roman infant burial, remnants of medieval commerce and a 16th-century civic building’s foundations. Experts ...

Later, a man who said he was an archaeologist stumbled across the treasures and flagged them to one of the thrift shop’s ...

Excavations at the medieval Beaumont Abbey in France have revealed nearly 800 years of history before the French Revolution shut it down. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The University of Aberdeen student was working on a dig in Scotland when she found the relic that could be a rare discovery ...

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that traces of medieval structures were uncovered during an investigation conducted by researchers from GUARD Archaeology ahead of a construction project in the ...

The image of a medieval knight moving slowly and stiffly under the tremendous weight of his costly armor as he readies for battle or a joust is firmly fixed in people’s imagination. But, according to ...

Thrift shops are known for selling second-hand items, but there are some hidden gems under those piles of stuff. People have spotted valuable finds, from an 1823 edition of the Declaration of ...