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16 April 2019
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Live Coverage: Notre Dame Fire
The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was engulfed in flames on Monday, police said, causing untold damage to the iconic building just days before Easter
15 April 2019
Bristol academic discovers 819-Year-Old Royal Charter Issued by King John
A rare, original royal charter from the first year of King John’s reign has been discovered in Durham by a medieval historian from the University
2 April 2019
Killing the legend of buried Viking swords
Swords found in early medieval graves don’t necessarily mark the final resting place of a warrior, new research suggests. The international research, combining literary and archaeological
20 March 2019
Medieval remains found on site of new United Utilities water pipeline near Bridekirk
Archaeologists investigating medieval ruins along the route of the new 100km pipeline near Cockermouth found an ancient skeleton and new clues to the area’s Roman
20 March 2019
This medieval astrolabe is officially world’s oldest known such instrument
A mariner’s astrolabe recovered from the wreck of one of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama’s ships is now officially the oldest known such artifact, according to a
19 March 2019
Long-lost Dark Ages abbey may have been found in Scotland
Excavations led by DigVentures have unearthed traces of a huge circular ditch at a site in Coldingham where the abbey, founded by Aebbe, an Anglo-Saxon
15 March 2019
Crusader skull stolen from Dublin church recovered
Last week we posted about an 800 year old Crusader body that was beheaded and the head stolen from an Irish church. Now we have
8 March 2019
Uninhabited Irish Island Complete with Ancient Ruins Is Up for Sale
The West Coast of Ireland has some of the finest scenery in the British Isles and indeed Western Europe. Its many islands such as Achill
4 March 2019
800-yr-old Crusader Body Beheaded in an Irish Church Vault
Local media in Dublin, Ireland are reporting a shocking story of a church dating back to the early Middle Ages which suffered an attack by
1 March 2019
Medieval woman’s hidden art career revealed by blue teeth
About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life
16 January 2019
Medieval Sword from the War of the Two Peters Unearthed In Spanish Castle
The War of the Two Peters (1356-1375) was fought between Peter of Castile and Peter IV of Aragon. ~The Archivist Archaeologists have made a rare
16 January 2019
Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello Island
On the island of Torcello, at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice excavation site, some protagonists of the island’s thousand-year history have begun to emerge.
22 October 2018
Viking longship discovery thrills archaeologists
Archaeologists in Norway have used ground-penetrating radar technology to discover an extremely rare Viking longship in what experts are describing as a “sensational” find. A
22 October 2018
DNA from skeleton puts enteric fever in medieval Europe
Researchers have detected Salmonella Paratyphi C, which causes enteric fever, in a 800-year-old human skeleton from Trondheim, Norway. This suggests the potentially lethal disease, more
20 July 2018
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