The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

One of the major realizations of the Anthropocene era has been the importance of biodiversity for the functioning of the ...

A new international study shows that medieval communities around Lake Constance actively boosted biodiversity. Combining fossil pollen ...

A new AI tool is set to revolutionise history studies by transcribing the Cairo Geniza, a medieval manuscript collection of ...

Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have recovered four exceptionally well-preserved medieval spears from Lake Lednica in western Poland, including one ornately decorated ...

COMMENT: How did we move from simple cardboard nativity scenes behind numbered windows to collections of high-end luxury ...

In a stunning revelation, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a medieval warrior-monk with a rare skull deformity at ...

Urgent work is needed to repair the birthplace of vaccinations in Dr Edward Jenner's garden. The historical hut in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, is where Dr Jenner performed the first vaccinations ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

Archaeologists at the castle of Zorita de los Canes in Guadalajara province uncovered a knight who died between the 13th and ...

A fanciful 19th-century retreat sits on an island known as the Rock in Lough Key, in County Roscommon. Beneath the building lie the remains of a castle belonging to the MacDermots, one of medieval ...

We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.