The bones of a soldier with leprosy who may have died in battle have been found in a medieval Italian cemetery, along with skeletons of men who survived blows to the head with battle-axes and maces.

An exceptional burial site has emerged from the depths of Polish history. What secret lies beneath this carved tombstone discovered under a simple ice cream shop? This archaeological find reveals the ...

Modern analysis of a grave found in Finland 50 years ago challenges traditional beliefs about gender roles in the Iron Age and early medieval times, and suggests that non-binary people may have been ...

One thing at which movies excel is in transporting us to imaginary worlds in the distant past, where wildly colorful adventures can unfold with dazzling immediacy. That’s obviously the goal of the ...