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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Czerwień once consisted of the primary hill fort, an ancillary settlement immediately adjacent to the fort and burial grounds located slightly further away, among other constructions. It was likely ...

Adult teeth are worn down by chewing, and sometimes the amount a skeleton’s teeth are worn down can be used ... was often worse during the Roman and Medieval periods in Britain. This is because food ...

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 ...

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.

According to Von Bonsdorff, Head of a Skeleton illuminates a central ... She adds: “These types of images in Western art since the Medieval period have served to remind the viewer of life ...