A new analysis of the remains of 38 individuals who lived and died in the Swedish town of Sigtuna between the 10th and

The discovery of an 8th-century ‘slave’ skeleton on Venice’s tourist island Torcello could unlock secrets of its remarkable thousand-year-old history. Torcello was first settled in

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a cache of rare coins and a gold earring that were likely hidden away more than 900 years ago,

Archaeologists excavating a site along the Thames Tideway Tunnel—a massive pipeline nicknamed London’s “super sewer”—have revealed the skeleton of a medieval man who literally

A medieval structure, believed to be one of the world’s oldest whiskey stills, has been Found among the ruins of a Scottish abbey.

Skeletons uncovered in Kenya may be the oldest known evidence of human warfare, according to a new study. The skeletons of 27 people

In a necropolis in Spain, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Roman woman who died in her 30s with a calcified tumor

Archaeologists in Trondheim, Norway have uncovered the church where Viking King Olaf Haraldsson was first enshrined as a saint. Experts revealed the stone

A wooden toy found during an excavation of an Iron Age site in central Norway hints that 1,000 years ago, a child may

High-tech scans of Viking swords are uncovering details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A