Thousands of similar tunnel systems have been discovered across Europe and despite this, their purpose has been subject to decades of theory and debate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have discovered a maze of medieval tunnels which illuminate the era’s manufacturing industry, according to a study ...

Archaeologists during excavations near the village of Reinstedt in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, before the construction of wind ...

The discovery was made in Reinstedt and may previously have served as shelters, pagan tombs or places of symbolic rituals.

The weapons in our graves were as much as an expression of loss and grief, as they were a physical statement about strength ...

A remarkable medieval sword with rare symbols was recently put on display in a Dutch museum, over a year after it was found by construction workers unexpectedly. The discovery of the sword was ...

For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of monastic music, thanks to research into a rare 15th-century manuscript and a ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...