An archaeology student from Florida struck gold in the U.K. just 90 minutes into her first-ever excavation, when she discovered a rare ninth-century artifact that may have had a religious or ...

Medieval timber buildings that could shed new light on what life was like in a village in Leicestershire centuries ago have ...

In medieval Denmark, death could double as a display of status. The closer your grave lay to a church wall or inside a monastery, the more it likely cost. Wealth followed you into the ground. That ...

A medieval toilet, a "murder" victim and the remains of an extinct species of cattle are among the discoveries that have helped to shed light on the past this year. Archaeologists also uncovered one ...

Paris has long been a city built on its own past, but rarely has that truth been made quite so literal as it is today beneath ...

Medieval treasures found: Excavations at a former Weymouth bowling alley have revealed medieval walls, wells, coins, pottery, and personal items dating back over 700 years. Community engagement: Local ...

Leicester’s Market Place is known as the historical home of shops, but archaeologists recently discovered an on-site dungeon there, too. During excavation work, the team found the medieval dungeon, ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed the Earth for thousands of years, and some of the most incredible relics ...

The remains of a 500-year-old dungeon once described as “a most vile prison” have been discovered beneath a market square in Leicester, central U.K. Ahead of a £7.5 million ($10.1 million) project to ...

GDANSK, POLAND—CNN reports that Polish archaeologists made an unexpected find beneath the floor of a former ice cream parlor. The popular shop in the historic city center of Gdansk has been serving ...