Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. Knights served as a part of the […] ...

A windswept plateau in Cornwall has yielded a surprise that rewrites centuries of myth. Long linked to the legend of King Arthur, a site known as King Arthur’s Hall has now been firmly dated to the ...

Anyone who maintains an online presence, such as on Facebook or other social media, knows what a troll is. A troll is that horrid person who watches everyone’s posts and waits for the right moment to ...

The mysterious deaths of five Germans – three who died by crossbow bolts lodged in their bodies – may have been part of a murder-suicide pact by a cult-like group devoted to medieval folklore, baffled ...

The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...

Excavations of a series of medieval churches in central Sudan have revealed a treasure trove of art, including a European-influenced work, along with evidence of journeys undertaken by travelers from ...

As the seasons turn and the nights draw in, the countryside of the British Isles seems alive with omens: an owl’s screech, or a bat above the hedgerows. For centuries, such creatures were cast as ...

A Welsh tradition dating to the medieval period of a landscape lost to the sea is plausible, new evidence on the evolution of the coastline of west Wales has revealed. Drawing on geological data and a ...

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Scientists have detailed discoveries in a series of medieval churches, including at Banganarti, located in what is now central Sudan along the Nile River. The site was once part of Makuria, a ...