Early medieval Arab silver coins discovered in northern Poland may shed new light on trade routes connected with the Viking-Age settlement of Truso.

Archaeologists in Tuscany have uncovered ten early medieval burials at Rusellae, offering new evidence about the city during the Lombard period.

Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from the German monasteries of Heilsbronn and Sankt Jobst have been digitised and made available to explore online.

Archaeologists in Cyprus have uncovered an underground chamber that began as a Hellenistic quarry and was later transformed into a Byzantine church.

Renovation work at Żupny Castle in Poland has uncovered stone fortifications believed to date from the 14th century.

Dans le cadre des futurs aménagements du Canal Seine-Nord Europe, l'Inrap a fouillé sur une surface de 20 000 m² une vaste occupation antique, datée du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IIIe siècle après J.C....

Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore

CHALCATZINGO, MEXICO—Phys.org reports that Christophe Helmke of the University of Copenhagen and his colleagues mapped […]

LISMORE, SCOTLAND—The Independent reports that traces of an early Christian monastery have been found on […]

Le Louvre consacre pour la première fois sa campagne de dons « Tous mécènes ! » à la restauration de son bâtiment, signe de la situation actuelle du musée parisien.

Le 4 octobre 1669, Rembrandt van Rijn est décédé à Amsterdam. Natures mortes, paysages, scènes bibliques ou mythologiques, autoportraits ou portraits… Retour sur 15 chefs-d’oeuvre emblématiques de l’u...

The National Library of Sweden has digitised 176 medieval manuscripts, making nearly 60,000 images freely available online.

Archaeologists in Copenhagen have uncovered around 20 medieval burials believed to belong to the city’s long-lost leprosy hospital.

A small bronze firearm discovered during a landmine search in South Korea has been identified as the country’s oldest surviving gunpowder weapon.

ALBA IULIA, ROMANIA—Excavations at the Alba Carolina Fortress in central Romania have found traces of […]

ISTANBUL, TURKEY—Researchers led by Julia Gresky of the German Archaeological Institute have discovered intact burials […]

ROME, ITALY—According to the Greek Reporter, an international team of researchers has uncovered a tomb […]

Researchers in Denmark are studying how Viking ships and other ancient wooden vessels can be preserved while reducing the energy needed for museum climate control.

The archaeologists were overjoyed when the grave and thus the church were finally confirmed on the second-to-last day of the excavation. In the middle is Christian Edelfelt Koch Madsen. Photo: Ellen F...

PARIS, FRANCE—The Guardian reports that a 65-foot section of ancient wall uncovered in central Paris […]

DEINHAM, AUSTRIA—According to a Live Science report, Peter Trebsche of the University of Innsbruck and […]

QALYUBIA, EGYPT—Hisham El-Leithy of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced that excavations at Tell […]

Exclusive: Restoration work at Bath Assembly Rooms unearths Roman ditches containing pottery, coins and fragments of a military helmet

Discovery of Gallo-Roman period structure hailed as ‘major breakthrough’ by French culture ministry

Le laboratoire ARC-Nucléart travaille sur la conservation d’œuvres et d’objets archéologiques en matériaux organiques, permettant de comprendre ce qu'on mangeait jadis, et comment on cuisinait.

Depuis l'établissement des Jardins du Roy, sous Louis XIII en 1626, puis la création officielle de l'institution en 1793, les scientifiques ont travaillé avec les artistes pour étayer leurs connaissan...

En immortalisant les détails de la broderie, le public ralentissait la circulation dans le musée, a justifié l’institution londonienne, qui accueille jusqu’en 2027 le chef-d’œuvre médiéval dans le cad...

Les premiers résultats des analyses de carbone 14 donnent une fourchette de datation comprise entre 200 et 10 avant notre ère, selon le communiqué.

Sous l'Hôtel-Dieu, l’Hôpital parisien situé sur l'île de la Cité, des vestiges exhumés cette semaine présentent les premières preuves matérielles de la Lutèce gauloise décrite par Jules César, mettant...

Archaeologists reveal an early medieval village and 122 graves near Bern, Switzerland, offering new insights into life from the sixth to ninth centuries.

Seventeen medieval manuscript fragments reveal what people were reading in Guernsey, from Ovid and Mandeville to French literature and biblical texts.

Archaeologists investigating a medieval tower in Nantes have dated it to the 15th century and uncovered new evidence about the city’s defences.

Six lost pages from Nicholas Love’s medieval bestseller Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ have been rediscovered and linked to a manuscript at Yale.

Archaeologists at Govan Old in Glasgow have discovered evidence of an early medieval jewellery workshop, including an unfinished shale finger ring.

TIVOLI, ITALY—A marble slab uncovered near the amphitheater at Hadrian’s Villa bears the inscription “FVLGVR […]

Les archéologues de l’Inrap mènent une fouille en périphérie nord de la ville de Pornic et exhument des vestiges de l’âge du Fer, de l’Antiquité gallo-romaine et du Moyen Âge, ainsi que quelques trace...

SANT’ELPIDIO A MARE, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that a landslide in central Italy has exposed […]

VALENCIA, SPAIN—Researchers had long suspected that Iberia’s thriving wine industry had its historical roots in […]

BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT—CBS News reports that excavations at Tell Al-Abqain, the site of a New […]