More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

Archaeologists have revealed a rare medieval cult site, dated to the 7th century, replete with gold and silver offerings, a study reports. Well-excavated cult sites are key to understanding changing ...

The artifact, a bronze fragment just six centimeters long, was found in 2023 by volunteer heritage protector Matthias Dasse during a field survey near Kletzke in the Prignitz district of Brandenburg.

Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as “devil’s money” at a rare Medieval worship site in the Netherlands. A dig near ...

A pair of "extremely rare" structures from the early medieval period and evidence of a Roman settlement have been uncovered in the United Kingdom. The remains were identified during an excavation this ...

Archaeologists in Germany recently revealed a secret tunnel from the Middle Ages — a tunnel hidden within a much older burial site. The findings were revealed in a Jan. 29 press release by the State ...

England was never as isolated as many history books once suggested. New research shows that people moved into and across England steadily for centuries, arriving from places as distant as the ...

If these coastal bases did support North Sea raids, it suggests the Viking “shock” of the late eighth century had deeper roots in Roman-era networks, mercenary service, and shipbuilding know-how.

BARCELONA, SPAIN—According to a report in The Guardian, archaeologists working at the site of a former fish market along the Barcelona waterfront unearthed the remnants of a medieval ship, which they ...

The image of a medieval knight moving slowly and stiffly under the tremendous weight of his costly armor as he readies for battle or a joust is firmly fixed in people’s imagination. But, according to ...

Excavations in Germany have brought to light a medieval tunnel concealed within an ancient prehistoric cemetery. A rare discovery that sheds new light on a site used for thousands of years.

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. The researchers found early medieval ...