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"Lost" medieval church of Dunwich found with modern technology


Spanish drought reveals medieval city

A severe drought affecting the city of Barcelona, Spain has lowered the water table in the massive Sau reservoir, revealing a once-submerged medieval village. The town was flooded when the reservoir, which supplies Barcelona, was built in the 1960s. (photo)

Practice Latin on the Vatican website


Portrait of Shakespeare's patron discovered


Scottish Parliament Archive launched


Irish town emerges as Viking trade center


Did smallpox kill Gloucester Romans?

Experts working on the recently-discovered mass Roman grave in Gloucester, England will be using DNA tests to determine what killed over 90 individuals. A first look at the remains points to a 2nd century smallpox outbreak that swept across Britain.

Crusaders left genetic mark on the Middle East


Royal Mint introduces heraldic coin designs


New dig may explain Stonehenge


14th Century Game gets Official Recognition


Plans to exhume Galileo cause controversy


UK£5m donation will bring Bodleian treasures to the masses

The donation of UK£5 million from Oxford publisher Julian Blackwell will make possible the display of many of the Bodleian Library's treasures which are now available only to scholars. The gift will be used to create a new exhibition hall at one of the library's sites in Oxford.

Medieval belt buckle discovered in Scotland


Donald Trump in dutch with Scottish heralds


Archaeologists closer to discovering Scottish palace


Metal detectors dispute discovery of 14th century seal


Mary Rose gets high-tech scan


Multidisciplinary Medieval Studies Center opens


Medieval documents help locate Roman fort


The sound of medieval English

The BBC's British History website includes the Ages of English Timeline which allows visitors to hear English the way it would have been spoken throughout the various historical periods.

Medieval melee: "a brutal free-for-all with few rules"

Literature and the media have glamorized medieval battle, but the reality was much different. In truth, the melee was a "brutal free-for-all with few rules designed very much as a preparation for war."

Six medieval bishops identified in Scotland


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Michelangelo's last sketch found in the Vatican


Guinness is good for you!

New research states that a pint of Guinness a day "may work as well as an aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks," according to an article in the BBC.

London Olympic construction uncovers Roman artifacts


Tabula Peutingeriana, last surviving roadmap of Roman roads


Archaeologists investigate medieval disaster

British archaeologists are digging through centuries of rubble to search for clues to a medieval disaster: the burning of Mansfield Woodhouse and its church in 1304.

Roman theatre lives in the Colosseum
