The turn of the 17th century was a particularly stressful time for the people of Riga, Latvia, as famine and plague rocked the small town, resulting in mass graves. Archaeologists have recently ...

Archaeologists in England recently uncovered new details about a medieval mass burial of victims of bubonic plague. When the so-called Black Death swept through northern Lincolnshire during the middle ...

The sweeping scourge of the Black Death in 14th century England was so great it forced city-dwelling victims out to countryside hospitals, based on the tragic findings in a mass grave in Lincolnshire, ...

A gruesome mass grave found in southern England may be the final resting place of some of the most feared marauders of the 11th century. Archeologists say the remains may belong to Viking mercenaries, ...

King Richard and Queen Anne have a new realm at the former Edaville Family Theme Park in Carver, Massachusetts. From the moment you walk under the ivy-covered arched entrance, to the jousting ...

In 2004, construction workers in Norwich, UK, unearthed human skeletal remains that led to a historical mystery—at least 17 bodies at the bottom of a medieval well. Using archeological records, ...

PARIS — Past the racks of hair accessories on the ground floor of the Monoprix supermarket on the corner of the Rue Réaumur and the Boulevard de Sébastopol in the Second Arrondissement, there is a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered grim evidence of a centuries-old mass grave next to Durham Cathedral. Experts from Durham University carrying out digs on the city’s World Heritage Site have discovered ...