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An aerial survey has revealed hundreds of medieval archaeological features thousands of feet above sea level along the famous Silk Road—a network of ancient trade routes that connected civilizations ...

Scientists excavating a site in the famous archaeological mecca of York, England, have uncovered the remnants of an ancient English hospital, the City of York Council announced in a June 9 press ...

Last year, the ruins of Rungholt, a long-lost medieval city known as “Atlantis of the North Sea,” were located along the coast of Germany. Now, researchers have discovered more than a dozen mounds ...

Why do medieval buildings such as cottages and castles overhang their lower floors? Music: Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is ...

When students from the University of Chester pulled out their tools and began to dig in northern Wales, they weren’t sure what they would find. Hopefully, there was evidence of a Roman occupation — ...

Long dismissed as ancient lore, this medieval settlement is finally revealing its buried wooden ruins beneath thick layers of stone.

Archaeologists in Wiedenbrück found an 800-year-old wooden structure used to hold back water and reinforce the bank, photos show. Photo from the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association Digging into the ...

A cluster of early medieval spearheads lifted from the bottom of a Polish lake is forcing archaeologists to rethink who once controlled this watery crossroads of power. One of the weapons, decorated ...

Mounds that supported medieval dwellings have been discovered along the coast of Germany, researchers said. They’re associated with a mythologized settlement known as Rungholt. Photo from Johannes ...