Viking-era sword found by an 8-year-old boy in Norway. Credit: Innlandet County Municipality. A school outing in Norway ended ...

While fast food is defined today by fries and neon signs, its Medieval ancestors offered a completely different experience ...

The discovery of a fine gold wire woven between the teeth of a medieval man in Aberdeen has provided researchers with the earliest known evidence of restorative dentistry in Scotland. The intricate ...

Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been used by everyone from celebrated 14th-Century mathematicians to JRR Tolkien. In an exclusive interview with the BBC for its 750th ...

Courtesy of the Warden and Fellows of Merton College Oxford (Credit: Courtesy of the Warden and Fellows of Merton College Oxford) Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been ...

A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between. By Mitchell Kuga The origins of what we think of as Western classical music date back to the 10th century, with the development ...

'Uppies and Downies' is played annually in the northern English town of Workington (Paul Smith/@j.paul.smith) “Do not park anywhere near the hotel car park. They will go over your car.” The warning ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a lost medieval town nestled in a remote forest — and new evidence is revealing what the city looked like before its sudden decline. Researchers uncovered the remains of ...

After 250 years of USA history beginning with “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence of 1776, women’s equality is still not included as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution in ...