In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate when they spotted a long piece of metal ...

Medieval hospital ruins were recently found beneath a street in York, England, during sinkhole repairs, uncovering part of the historic St. Leonard's Hospital complex.

A construction crew discovered a 1,000-year-old iron sword in the Netherlands still fully intact. The short sword comes ...

The Capitoline Museums' statue of the legendary she-wolf was not crafted by the city's ancestors, but was made at least 1,000 years later in the Middle Ages, some experts insist.

The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages, saw amazing advances in art, science, and philosophy. Around 1300, scholars in Europe ...

One of the Templars’ more enigmatic symbols was their wax seal – two knights riding a single horse. In the Middle Ages, people used seals to protect important communications from forgery ...

In medieval societies, the dragon was classified within the same framework as regular animal species. Legends, stories, and images turned it into a symbol of the Middle Ages that would transcend time.

Pets were a status symbol in the middle ages, but one type stood out. by The Conversation and Madeleine S. Killacky. Jan. 1, 2023. Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages.

An analysis of a 700-year-old ring reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion decoration.

Since the Middle Ages, ... “The Vatican is a symbol of the highest morality of free Western democratic civilization,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the Holy See Andrii Yurash told the Washington Post.

One of the Templars’ more enigmatic symbols was their wax seal – two knights riding a single horse. In the Middle Ages, people used seals to protect important communications from forgery ...