Despite a majority of people living in the peasant class during Medieval times, the average diet was fairly varied. Some ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeologists discovered the tomb of a medieval knight in a ...

If you are among the legions of Oprah's Book Club followers who recently finished Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth, you'll probably enjoy Cathedral of the Sea. This epic novel set, like Pillars, in ...

A 14-year-old schoolboy in Scotland has helped uncover long-lost medieval stone carvings in a church graveyard. Mark McGettigan was taking part in a community dig to find the lost gravestones at Govan ...

The tiny tower looks like it was plucked straight out of the pages of a storybook, mimicking a miniature medieval castle welcoming passersby at the entrance into Palos Verdes Estates. The stone ...

In a small Welsh village, Nikki Vousden and Roderick Bale were enjoying an evening stroll in the woods when a rock with strange carvings by the side of a stream caught their attention. Both ...

The medieval mason was not a monk but a highly skilled lay craftsman who combined the roles of architect, builder, craftsman, designer and engineer. Using only a set of compasses, a set square and a ...

The sword in the penis stone. Phallic-shaped objects apparently weren’t always just for sexual pleasure: Spanish archaeologists have found a stone penis that may have been used to sharpen weapons in ...

1,500-year-old carved stone from the 'Painted People' in Scotland possibly reveals a bull, pelicans and an ancient alphabet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who writes articles on space, ancient humans, animals, and sustainability, and manages the Planet Earth column of the print issue. View Full ...

Archaeologists were surprised to discover the exceptional tomb of a medieval knight underneath an ice cream shop in the seaside Polish city of Gdańsk. The 13th-century burial includes a rare carving ...