The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs. But Catholic church leaders falsely identified the elaborately ...

A 15th Century manuscript containing the unusual treatment features in a new exhibition detailing the bizarre cures that were used for all manner of ills in the medieval period. The 'cure' for ...

After reading about the medieval skeletons found beneath a home in France, explore the Paris catacombs through our chilling ...

A bibliometric analysis of medieval manuscript colophons reveals that at least 1.1% of manuscripts from 800 to 1626 CE were copied by female scribes, totaling over 110,000 texts, with about 8,000 ...

A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins. Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place ...