But the coin found by the metal detectorist bears an inscription showing it was minted in Edinburgh. Alice Blackwell, senior ...

The earliest known coin minted in Scotland, almost 900 years ago, has been acquired for the nation after it was discovered by ...

Archaeologists discover a unique 15th-century curse tablet in Rostock, Germany, hidden in an old latrine, invoking demonic ...

Elsewhere, a medieval loo and a jet die used to predict the future were among the finds uncovered at Auckland Castle in ...

Medieval weapons in Poland's Lake Lednica linked to the country's first rulers, Mieszko I and Bolesław the Brave, were found ...

Now well over 800 years old, the Codex Gigas is one of the most impressive artifacts from the Medieval period of Europe.

Beneath the waters of Poland, four medieval spears emerge after nearly a thousand years, revealing secrets of the Piast ...

A group of friends using metal detectors in Somerset stumbled on a buried hoard containing 2,584 medieval coins. Called the Chew Valley Hoard, the coins date from the years around the Norman Conquest ...

The Arms and Armor exhibit, including many pieces from the Higgins collection, is drawing longtime and new fans at Worcester ...

A peculiar seventh-century hoard unearthed in the English countryside could be the result of a "ritual killing," according to archaeologists.

The discovery began when detectorist Roy Søreng, who has searched for metal artifacts in the area for the past couple of years, picked up an unusual signal. Søreng had previously found “several stray ...