A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a strange symbol spotted on an old map. Arkeologerna, an archaeological ...

The Rungholt Project team is using what archeologist Bente Majchczack calls a 'cart with the magnetic probes' to map a long-buried medieval city. (Dirk Bienen-Scholt) So far, the team has mapped ...

Completed in 1459, the Mappa Mundi is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world. Almost twice as large as the famous ...

The 650-year-old map shows two long lost islands. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A faded medieval map of Britain may ...