Europe is filled with modern capitals and bustling cities, but scattered across the continent are towns that feel untouched ...

The combination of filigree and granulation techniques arrived in Norway during the early Middle Ages from the Byzantine Empire, partly via Carolingian goldsmithing traditions. The Carolingian period, ...

Polygamy in the Middle Ages wasn’t about romance — it was about power, survival, and hierarchy. While officially condemned, ...

Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...

Installation view of Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters showing a sculpture of Saint Sebastian (Northern Europe, late 15th century) (all photos Emma ...

Researchers are excavating Leicester Market amid the area’s large-scale renovation New Research New research suggests that the famous bronze statue may have originally guarded a Chinese tomb before ...

A team of archaeologists have made an incredible discovery in the waters off the coast of Copenhagen. The Danish team has ...

The Middle Ages blurred the line between fact and fiction. One man became famous across Europe — yet proof of his existence ...

Why everyone is suddenly going all in on the Middle Ages.

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the ...