Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe.

“This finding aligns with both modern soil science and the medieval ‘miasma theory,’ which held that diseases spread through ...

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What do medieval monks and volcanic eruptions have in common? According to a team of researchers led by the University of Geneva, quite a bit because chronicles from the 12th and 13th century are ...

The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an ...

When astronomers hunt for the remnants of ancient stellar explosions, they increasingly find themselves reading the night sky through the eyes of medieval scholars. Arabic chronicles, astronomical ...

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TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...