When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the everyday soldiers ...

Archaeologists have long suspected that climate can make or break a civilization, but the emerging picture of past ...

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

Archaeologists have found a lost Silk Road settlement including the remains of a submerged necropolis within the world's ...

As the cradle of democracy, rational philosophy and theater, Greece laid the foundations of Western thought. It influenced science, art and politics. Its thinkers shaped centuries of knowledge. Its ...

This piece is the last of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West ...

During a four-year excavation of an Etruscan well at the ancient Italian settlement of Cetamura del Chianti, a team led by a Florida State University archaeologist and art historian unearthed ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

MONTPELLIER, France — Archaeological evidence from 1,768 ancient grape seeds scattered across Italy tells a surprising story: the transition from wild grape gathering to actual winemaking took ...

No, there were no stories of chivalry or dragons in Mesoamerica between the 5th and 15th centuries. But why was there no Middle Ages in Mexico? A Mexican historian explains. (Denis ...

The Medieval period, also called the Middle Ages, spanned from the 5th century through the 15th century. This era became famous for the Bubonic Plague, Crusades, and harsh life. But many peoples’ ...