First of all, there were the so-called Zadokite fragments These are parts of a document or documents discovered at Cairo in 1896, in clearing out a medieval synagogue. The manuscripts are supposed ...

William Blacker has spent many years, on and off, living in primitive, almost medieval conditions in two remote areas ... in summer there was haymaking with a scythe, like Levin in Anna Karenina; and ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.

There still seems to be plenty worth pulling from the era, though, if the launch of new Age of Empires and Total War Medieval 2-style RTS Knights of the Crusades is anything to go by. Launched on ...

The university commissioned the archaeological organization Cotswold Archaeology to excavate the location – and it was in this area that the medieval church was found. The ruined structure was i ...

A skull was recently discovered at a medieval church – and an expert believes it may belong to a legendary European king. Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist and portrait sculptor ...

As a scholar of historical memory, I have observed that references to the Russian Middle Ages are part of the Kremlin’s broader politics of using the medieval past to justify current agendas ...

The SA Medieval Fair has been running for more than 30 years. It features jousting, horseback archery and swordplay in a celebration of the Middle Ages. Similar medieval fairs have been increasing ...

Construction workers excavating the site of a former fish market in Spain made a breathtaking discovery in the form of a medieval wooden ship. The Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) reported ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—More than 2,000 medieval scholars from around the world will convene on Western Michigan University’s Main Campus Thursday through Saturday, May 8-10, for the 60th meeting of the ...

A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins. Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...