Something interesting about history is that just about in every time period and every culture, gay people were knocking boots ...

Folklorist and historian Francis Young explains how the medieval church conquered Europe’s last pagans not only through force, but by taking over their sacred spaces ...

A treatise written by a French bishop during the Middle Ages is the first written account to question the authenticity of the famous Shroud of Turin.

Historian Claire Taylor reveals how slavery thrived across the medieval world, how religion and politics shaped who could be ...

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday offloaded a record-setting 38 tons of cocaine and marijuana — valued at around $470 million — ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has rewritten our understanding of early medieval England, revealing that two individuals buried in seventh-century cemeteries had recent West African ancesto ...

A 21-year-old student discovers a 9th-century gold coin in Northumberland during his first excavation alongside Dere Street.

From Angkor to Cairo and Venice, the largest medieval cities thrived across the world, shaping the Middle Ages and leaving a ...

How Medieval Money Shaped Ukraine’s Modern Identity The country’s distinct history is revealed in banknotes, coins and other monetary objects, says the Smithsonian’s curator of numismatics ...

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 skeletal remains of a medieval anchoress — essentially a religious hermit — buried in an unusual, crouched position at a church site in England died with syphilis and arthritis ...