2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (690+ words) Archaeologists in Switzerland are excavating the cemetery of a medieval leprosy hospital, where more than 200 individuals have already been uncovered. The sprawling site in Schaffhausen includes the remains of a medieval chapel and cemetery, while one skeleton displays clear evidence…...

23+ hour, 15+ min ago   (281+ words) Children digging into a slope at a residential complex in Vienna made an unexpected discovery earlier this year, uncovering a late medieval sword that is now being conserved by Austria’s Federal Monuments Office. The discovery was made in March in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (520+ words) Altogether, archaeologists excavated 18 tombs dating to the Sixteen Kingdoms period and nine from the Tang Dynasty, recovering more than 600 objects or groups of objects. Researchers say the cemetery provides important evidence for understanding government administration, cultural interaction and Silk Road…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (290+ words) Archaeologists from Bournemouth University believe they have identified a lost medieval farmstead in southern England, matching a site recorded on a 15th-century map. The remains, located in a field near Poole Harbour in Dorset, were first discovered during a Bournemouth…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (821+ words) An exceptionally tall young man who survived having a hole deliberately cut into his skull is among the remains discovered in an early medieval mass grave near Cambridge, England. The man, who stood around 6 foot 5 inches tall, underwent trepanation before…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (632+ words) Archaeologists in South Korea have recreated the funeral of a young princess who lived around 1,550 years ago. The unusual experiment is part of a project to rebuild her tomb and discover how the Silla kingdom buried its royal dead. The…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (512+ words) Archaeologists working at Naumburg Cathedral in eastern Germany have uncovered a small medieval cemetery containing 13 graves, believed to date from the 11th century. The elaborate construction of the graves and their location between the cathedral and a nearby chapel indicate that…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (465+ words) Archaeologists investigating the battlefield of Manzikert in eastern Turkey have uncovered ballista bolt heads linked to the Byzantine siege of the fortress immediately before the famous battle of 1071. The finds offer new archaeological evidence for the military technology used by…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (547+ words) Thirty-one medieval manuscripts from the National Library of the Czech Republic are now available online, offering a new look at medieval medicine, religion, law and science. Among them is a medical manuscript containing a previously unknown copy of advice written…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (516+ words) Rubbish heaps left behind by Greenland’s medieval Norse settlers are revealing new details about farming, livestock and everyday life. Researchers have found that microbial traces can survive in archaeological deposits for centuries, offering another way to investigate how people lived…...