However, very little was known about the genetic history of the sheeppox virus. That’s why L’Hôte et al. turned to analyzing ...

Written and local histories have long held that Saint Mo Luóc founded a monastery on the island, but archaeological evidence ...

That wellness hack you just saw on TikTok? There’s a good chance medieval healers were using it a thousand years ago. A sweeping new study of Dark Ages medical manuscripts reveals that people in ...

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Lesser known than some other beloved tales of larger-than-life heroes such as Gilgamesh, Beowulf and King Arthur, the Song of Wade is a case study in what happens when stories aren’t written down. The ...

A small treasure trove discovered near the ruins of Emperor Nero’s theater highlight the medieval Rome’s diversity. Near the ...

Ancient DNA shows that adults and children buried together in medieval Sweden were often not members of the same immediate family, suggesting that burial choices reflected more than biological kinship ...

Recommencementes de l'algèbre aux XIe et XIIe siècles / Roshdi Rashed -- The influence of stoic logic on Al-Jaṣṣāṣ's legal theory / Nabil Shehaby -- The beginnings of Islamic theology / Josef van Ess ...

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several Australian birds, including wild magpies and kookaburras. They've yet to discover ...

To modern eyes, many medieval beliefs sound unbelievable — even absurd. Illness was blamed on sin, bad air, or demonic forces rather than bacteria. Bloodletting was prescribed as a cure for everything ...

At the Orlando Science Center, history and physics collide as catapults launch lessons in energy, engineering, and design. First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda joined Zach at the center to ...

Have you ever heard the story of the medieval monk who tried to fly? His name was Eilmer of Malmesbury, and he was quite the guy. Around a thousand years ago, this Benedictine monk reportedly strapped ...