An estimated 500-year-old skeleton still wearing the boots he died in was recently unearthed by archaeologists excavating a site in London. The skeleton, believed to be that of a medieval man, was ...

Richardson and her colleagues say the boots date back to the 15th or early 16th century, and they would’ve reached thigh-height when pulled all the way up. The boots were made from leather—an ...

SAINT-URSANNE, SWITZERLAND—A fragment of a medieval shoe thought to have belonged to a young toddler has been discovered in the Swiss canton of Jura, The Local reports. Decorated with a foliage ...

This 500-year-old skeleton died with his boots on The bones of a medieval man uncovered beside London’s River Thames show signs of a hard life and a mysterious death.

Archaeologists from the Norwegian Maritime Museum uncovered thousands of remarkably well-preserved leather goods, providing an unusual snapshot of life in medieval Norway. In Oslo’s historic ...

The remains of a medieval Londoner still clad in his leather boots have been uncovered by archaeologists in the mud of the Thames during work on the capital’s new super sewer. The skeleton was ...