Archaeologists found the body of a medieval knight underneath a tombstone that depicted him in full military regalia.

Yara Souza was supposed to participate in her first dig last summer but had to sit it out due to illness. This summer more ...

An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.

Children’s teeth act like tiny time capsules. The hard layer inside each tooth, called dentine, sits beneath the enamel and forms while we’re growing up. Once formed, it stays unchanged for life, ...

Archaeologists have revealed a rare medieval cult site, dated to the 7th century, replete with gold and silver offerings, a study reports. Well-excavated cult sites are key to understanding ...

From carved figurines to coins, skeletons, and even entire settlements, the railway has opened up a new golden age of ...

The Middle Ages were a time of power, politics, and kingdoms rising and falling, but some kingdoms have vanished almost ...

A Newcastle University student from Florida discovered medieval gold within 90 minutes of her first archaeological dig. The ...

Just an hour and a half into her first ever excavation, an American archaeology student has struck gold in Britain. Dating back to the ninth century, the small, ornate artifact she unearthed may have ...

The Fonmon cemetery will allow us to discover so much about the people who lived here around 1,400 years ago," Andy Seaman, a lecturer in early medieval archaeology with the University of Cardiff ...

An undergraduate student was startled after a finely carved ancient head rolled out during a recent excavation – and seemed to smile back at her.