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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An aerial survey has revealed hundreds of medieval archaeological features thousands of feet above sea level along the ...

Scientists excavating a site in the famous archaeological mecca of York, England, have uncovered the remnants of an ancient English hospital, the City of York Council announced in a June 9 press ...

From towering Gothic cathedrals to fortress-like Romanesque churches and fairytale castles, medieval architecture still shapes how we imagine the past. These structures tell stories of faith, power, ...

When students from the University of Chester pulled out their tools and began to dig in northern Wales, they weren’t sure what they would find. Hopefully, there was evidence of a Roman occupation — ...

Mounds that supported medieval dwellings have been discovered along the coast of Germany, researchers said. They’re associated with a mythologized settlement known as Rungholt. Photo from Johannes ...

Artist’s reconstruction of historic structures at the site of Netherton Cross, a 10th- or 11th-century religious sculpture that has since been relocated © Jennifer ...

Archaeologists in Wiedenbrück found an 800-year-old wooden structure used to hold back water and reinforce the bank, photos show. Photo from the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association Digging into the ...

How big were the world’s ancient cities? At its height, the world’s first city of Uruk may have had about 40,000 people about 5,000 years ago. In the medieval period, London may have had a population ...

Researchers from ADHS, Historic Environment Scotland, Dendrochronicle and Wessex Archaeology examined the remains of the old bridge. Ancrum and District Heritage Society Volunteer archaeologists in ...