In the dirt beneath his house lie dozens of medieval skeletons across 38 graves and 10 sarcophagi. One of the sarcophagi found was topped by a block of soft, sculpted stone, which experts believe ...

A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle in Norway has helped to corroborate events detailed in an 800-year-old Norse saga. Michael Martin, one of the authors of the ...

A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the ...

An ancient DNA analysis of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway's Sverresborg Castle has corroborated an 800-year-old story from the Sverris Saga, shedding new light on medieval history.

Well-man skeleton (Åge Hojem NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet) The elusive medieval man’s bones were first found in the well at Sverresborg Castle, but researchers lacked the tools at the time to do much ...

Archaeologists have made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground containing some 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" skeletons.

A French man renovating his basement discovered dozens of medieval skeletons and 10 sarcophagi. The remains unearthed in a southern suburb of Paris could lead to a better understanding of the ...

Archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of three individuals within a former medieval stronghold in ... archaeologists came across the skeletons of three individuals, whose positioning ...

The homeowner of a house in a southern suburb of Paris, France, was renovating their home when they found a skeleton - with ... them to assume it was an early medieval graveyard.