Those inclined to see our era as a feminist golden age will find a timely corrective in “The Once and Future Sex,” medieval historian Eleanor Janega’s accessible and entertaining study of how women ...

If it were the year 1417 and you were feeling overwhelmed by turbulent times, you might dig yourself a moat, polish your shield or wrap strands of charms around your wrists. With his medieval-tinged ...

In a Medieval church cemetery in Iceland, archaeologists found hundreds of burials eroding from along the coast of a tiny island called Haffjarðarey. One woman's skull presented a unique puzzle: what ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists recently identified what might be called the first evidence of "bluetooth." Traces ...

Archaeologists from London have unearthed an extremely rare necklace that dates back to 1,300 years ago in Northamptonshire. This necklace is so rare that it is considered a "once -in-a-lifetime" find ...

An early Medieval grave near Bologna, Italy, was revealed to contain an injured pregnant woman with a fetus between her legs. Based on the positioning of the tiny bones, researchers concluded this was ...

The skull of a medieval Lombard woman found in central Italy shows signs of having undergone two trepanations — surgeries to make holes in the head. But why she underwent the painful procedures is ...

Tiny bits of blue pigment found in the teeth of a medieval skeleton reveal that more than 850 years ago, this seemingly ordinary woman was very likely involved in the production of lavishly ...