It sounds like a case for Sherlock Holmes: a 900-year-old medieval manor mysteriously vanishes, only to be uncovered later by British archaeologists. The ancient site has been stripped of its ...

The tiny historic city was the filming location for many films and series, including Hot Fuzz, BBC's Poldark, and Doctor Who.

An "incredibly rare" item of medieval high fashion has been uncovered at a Highland castle, say archaeologists. The hair ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old prison beneath Leicester's Market Place. This discovery included the Gainsborough ...

Do England’s medieval graffiti drawings reveal a lingering devotion to paganism? As reported by the BBC, the four-year-old Lincolnshire medieval graffiti project has uncovered more than 28,000 ...

U.K. prosecutors claim that a woman arranged a “medieval duel” to the death between her husband and her lover to win her affection. Asta Juskauskiene, 35, had just left her husband when she met ...

A newly discovered medieval Chinese coin, the second ever found in England, points to the possible existence of a vast medieval trade route spanning much of the Eastern hemisphere. Discovered via a ...

The battered remains of a medieval man uncovered at a famous cathedral hint that he may have been a Norman knight with a proclivity for jousting. The man may have participated in a form of jousting ...

When we think of medieval friars, we may well picture Robin Hood’s jolly Friar Tuck, known for his rotund figure and love of food and drink. But it turns out some of these monks were full of more than ...

Archaeologists in Pembrokeshire, Wales, have uncovered the remains of 17 skeletons in the cemetery of what they believe are the remains of the Friary of St. Saviour's, archaeologists said. "The friary ...

A trip to the doctor in the Dark Ages might sound like a terrifying prospect. But researchers now say that medieval medicine was actually 'way more sophisticated' than you might think. In fact, you ...