“Our skipper said ‘Have you ever dived this mark? We said, ‘No, because it’s rubbish, there’s nothing there,’” Bournemouth University maritime archaeologist Tom Cousins recently told the BBC.

*Originally published on December 7, 2021. Sexual assault victims in Medieval England faced similar challenges as they would today, says a researcher who studied 28 rape trials from 800 years ago. "We ...

A new theory from the University of Bristol suggests that one of history's most famous medieval artifacts may have served a surprising purpose. The Bayeux Tapestry, the iconic 68-meter embroidered ...

Helen Fulton examines the case study of the Medieval March of Wales, a vibrant multicultural border region between Wales and ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was ...

It's long been assumed that England's Medieval rulers ate copious amounts of meat. The scientific analysis of thousands of skeletons shows the diets of the pre-Viking rulers were "flexitarian." Feasts ...

The popular historian Ian Mortimer is a wonderfully readable writer, who has formerly given us a series of his Time Traveller’s Guides, in which he vividly evokes the daily lives of our forebears: ...

A video of a "surreal" view inside a kitchen that served royals in medieval England has left viewers on TikTok obsessed. The footage showcases the interior of Gainsborough Old Hall, located in the ...

A rare strip of parchment more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and adorned with Christian emblems shows chemical traces of its use by women in medieval England as a magical amulet to protect them during ...