A medieval-studies major, Mr. Davis wrote his final paper on 15th-century German armor and built a 75-pound steel suit of armor to physically illustrate it. He modeled the 20-piece suit after the ...

Archaeologists in Switzerland recently made an unusual discovery while excavating the land around a medieval castle near the German ... century, but finding one that dates back further than the ...

Underwater archaeologists in Sweden have determined that a chest in the wreck of a 15th-century ... of German-speaking mercenaries on the ship when it sank; and a shirt of chain-mail armor ...

Archaeologists in Switzerland recently made an unusual discovery while excavating the land around a medieval castle near the German border ... A 14th-century gauntlet of armor was discovered ...