medieval Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The remains of two medieval merchant vessels, known as cogs, were discovered over the summer in Varberg in Sweden, during an archaeological excavation.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Deep in the vaults at Nationalmuseet, Denmark, is a unique axe. The Medieval axe is unusual for many reasons. It was put in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A rare and well-preserved bone flute has been unearthed in Kent, UK. Scientists discovered the flute dating back to the 13th-15th Century while
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made a very unusual find. A Medieval folding chair has been discovered in a woman's grave. The excavation team unearthed the chair
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 2004, construction workers in Norwich, U.K., unearthed human skeletal remains that led to a historical mystery—at least 17 bodies at the bottom
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages..com - A thorough scientific examination of a Medieval map may confirm a Welsh myth and offer evidence of the long-lost sunken kingdom Cantre'r Gwaelod.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city's general population
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered the remains of a medieval ship and its cargo dating back to the 13th century off
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades.
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One does not have to be a trained archaeologist to find something of great historical value. A young boy discovered a very rare
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Isotope analysis of the "bodies in the bog" found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of
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News
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Founded around 1235 the town of Ravenser Odd had about 100 houses, a large market, prison, court, many shops, a sea wall, and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A young woman walks Trondheim's streets 800 years ago, carrying a secret in her body. It's 150 years before the plague—the Black Death—but
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of ancient runes is always of great interest to those who study Norse history and culture. Many runic inscriptions have been
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A previously undiscovered wreck has been found outside of Fjällbacka on the Swedish west coast. Analysis of wood samples shows that it is
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Medieval warhorses are often depicted as massive and powerful beasts, but in reality many were no more than pony-sized by modern standards, a
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A rare English illuminated medieval prayer roll, believed to be among only a few dozen still in existence worldwide, has been analyzed in
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News
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An international group of scientists has studied a genome sequence of a unique individual known as the Segorbe giant and his DNA reveals
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During the middle of the sixth century CE a dramatic transformation began in how the people of western Europe buried their dead. The
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News
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have presented a new, interesting interpretation of England’s famous Domesday Book. The “Domesday Book” is closely related to William The Conqueror (or “William the
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The medieval treasures including coins and jewelry that could possibly belong to a Ruthenian princess and sister-in-law of 12-century Polish king Bolesław the Wrymouth
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Tartu in Estonia have discovered a Medieval city dating back to the Great Northern War. Tartu, the oldest city of Estonia
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists found remains of the medieval Stratumse Poort on the small square of Stratumseind in Eindhoven. They discovered what they believe is the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A unique Medieval sword has been found in the Odra River in Poland. It will take some time before scientists can tell more
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Civilizations
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Many ancient cultures used plants to treat infections and diseases. Archaeological evidence indicates that the use of medicinal plants dates back to the Paleolithic age,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The face of a man who lived in the lost medieval village of Dzwonowo in Poland has been reconstructed using 3D printing technology.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During excavations in the basement of the Courtauld Gallery in London, UK, archaeologists were amazed to unearth the remains of a medieval cesspit
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are busy attempting to unravel a medieval mystery. About 500 years ago, a man ended his life lying face-down deep in the Thames
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - It took months to write a book during the Middle Ages. Most medieval manuscripts, illuminated or not, were written on parchment. Paper wasn't available in Europe until
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