Lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica, Francis’s body is low to the ground without any papal regalia next to his body. While ...

Seal pelts in manuscripts reveal Viking routes in the Middle Ages. Studies unveil trade routes that previously seemed ...

SAINT George’s Day is a day of celebration across England, as people celebrate the history of the country.  Normally ...

Further excavations revealed approximately 170 earlier burials, the majority of which are provisionally thought to relate to ...

A look back at what a medieval wedding day (and night) was like. We've been tying the knot for thousands of years in one way ...

Hundreds of skeletons were recently uncovered by archaeologists while they were excavating a British university’s property – the discovery was a complete surprise.

A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...

The elite women of ancient Greece and Rome regularly used cosmetics, a custom that was adopted from the ancient Egyptians.

Archaeologists were astonished to uncover hundreds of skeletons while excavating the grounds of a British university, which once hosted a medieval church demolished in the 1650s.