Volcanoes may have played a pivotal role in the Black Death, the bubonic plague pandemic that ravaged 14th-century Europe.

Archaeologists in Switzerland recently made an unusual discovery while excavating the land around a medieval castle near the German border. The crews unearthed a well-preserved gauntlet that experts ...

A page with illuminations, or ornate medieval illustrations, from the Darlington Bible, a 14th century manuscript housed at the Indiana State Library. The Bible will be the focus of a special program, ...

The way in which Venice dealt with the plague outbreak in the 14th century may hold lessons on how to handle today’s emerging threats, such as Ebola, according to an article appearing in Springer’s ...

Archaeologists working in Odesa, the Black Sea port city in southern Ukraine, have announced a pair of discoveries that illustrate the city’s long and international history. First came news that ...

The lidded bronze jug was looted from the royal palace in Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom, now Ghana.

Workers discovered a 14th century cave and drawings while doing construction on a railroad in Great Britain earlier this week, adding to the other historic finds they previously uncovered. Workers ...

MADRID -- Archaeologists in the southern Spanish town of Utrera confirmed Tuesday they had uncovered a 14th-century synagogue hidden within a building that was later converted into a church, hospital ...

Jack Dutton is a Newsweek Reporter based in Cape Town, South Africa. His focus is reporting on global politics and international relations. He has covered climate change, foreign affairs, migration ...

Archaeologists in Switzerland recently made an unusual discovery while excavating the land around a medieval castle near the German border. The crews unearthed a well-preserved gauntlet that experts ...