A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its wielder to damage opponents’ armour, archaeologists say ...

At the Morgan Library, 15th-century illuminated atlases embody the medieval appetite for wonder and myth. If the past is a ...

A new documentary called Kingdom Uncovered: Inside Saudi Arabia follows an undercover ... the British Library reveals what life was like for medieval women. Curator Eleanor Jackson and writer ...

Tugunbulak and Tashbulak, in the mountains of Uzbekistan, were bustling medieval centers of Silk Road trade between China, Arabia and Europe. Researchers have now mapped the cities using drone ...

A time of innovation, philosophy, and legendary works of art: the realities of the medieval period (500 to 1500 C.E.) in Europe may surprise you. Many know the years before the Renaissance and ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.