A new study reveals how medieval merchants used distinctive marks to build trust, establish reputations and create early ...

Archaeologists have discovered a long-lost early medieval church near Venice, revealing new evidence about the origins of the city and its Christian history.

Ancient DNA reveals how Visigoths, Suebi and other Germanic migrants shaped early medieval Iberia without replacing its ...

A rare coin of Saint Olaf has been discovered in Norway’s largest Viking Age hoard, marking the first find of its type in the country since 1924.

A fifteenth-century portal featuring sculpted portraits of Milan's medieval duchesses has been restored at the Certosa di Pavia in northern Italy.

Denmark will 3D scan Viking runestones in a new research project to uncover political networks, social relationships and ...

Falkenstein Castle in Germany, dating back to the 12th century, is receiving €40,000 to restore the roof of its medieval ...

The end of Roman rule brought great changes to Britain, but much of what happened in the centuries that followed remains a mystery. Focusing on western Britain, this book draws on archaeological ...

A new DNA study reveals how medieval Polynesian voyagers settled Hawaii and Easter Island, uncovering genetic links across 7,000 kilometres of ocean.

New research suggests that Simonetta Vespucci, the inspiration for Botticelli’s Venus, may have died from a pituitary tumour ...

A remarkable collection of Anglo-Saxon coins discovered near the Vatican is providing new evidence for the community of English pilgrims and settlers who made their home in medieval Rome. The finds ...

The 1846 version of the tale, recorded by James Hardiman, gave shape to this new gift, and Morogh O’Lee became a man who possessed a strange treasure. It was a manuscript containing Irish and Latin ...