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Why Dogs Mattered in Medieval Europe
What kind of life did dogs actually live in the Middle Ages? In this video, we explore how dogs survived in a world of ...
Medieval hospital ruins were recently found beneath a street in York, England, during sinkhole repairs, uncovering part of ...
A new exhibition in Dublin showcases historic manuscripts written in Irish monasteries. The show also features medieval ...
European maps from the Middle Ages are full of strange lands, legendary races and fabulous monsters. Only the Church with the help of God was able to provide protection against these horrors. The ...
That’s not all they found. Highway construction resulted in discoveries from multiple eras of history, including the Roman ...
The markings don’t stop there: on one side, the sword a circle with an X layered inside, known as a sun wheel or sonnenrad.
Beneath the streets of great cities lies a world of secrets and ancient memories. The Subterranean Tourist is your guide to ...
Castello di Amorosa stands proudly on a Calistoga hillside, a 13th-century Tuscan castle that seems to have been plucked from ...
Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...
Imagine cruising through Napa Valley’s sun-drenched vineyards when suddenly—like a mirage rising from the California ...
In Mediaș, Romania, archaeologists have uncovered a trove of medieval manuscripts behind a secret door in Saint Margaret’s fortified church. Dating from the 9th to the 16th century, these works ...
Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.