The previously unknown settlement appears to have been abandoned at some point in the 1300s, but researchers don't know why ...

Europe is filled with modern capitals and bustling cities, but scattered across the continent are towns that feel untouched ...

The combination of filigree and granulation techniques arrived in Norway during the early Middle Ages from the Byzantine Empire, partly via Carolingian goldsmithing traditions. The Carolingian period, ...

According to a Science in Poland report, traces of four unusual huts dated to the eleventh or twelfth century have been uncovered on an island in the Baltic Sea near the coast of Poland. Researchers ...

Every year since 2012, the French have voted to crown Le Village Préféré des Français, aka "The Favorite Village of the French." This year, a little-known commune in the southeast of France made it to ...

Germany wears its history openly. In its medieval towns, time doesn’t just linger, it breathes. Cobbled lanes twist past gabled houses, stone towers rise above red rooftops, and the scent of fresh ...

Skip the lines in Paris and visit these picturesque towns and villages, where the crowds are fewer and the pace is slower.

In the tranquil village of Milly‑La‑Forêt, the Moustier dovecote stands as a remarkable surviving relic from the late Middle ...

Archaeologists in Tønsberg, Norway, found a gold medieval ring set with a blue stone that was meant to promote chastity and ...

Since the location where the ring was found was once a royal castle, archaeologists suspect it was worn or lost by a rich, royal woman.

The shipwreck is exceptionally preserved and provides the first archaeological confirmation of features seen in illustrations ...