Students joined archaeologists in a multi-year excavation of a medieval monastery in England. Screengrab from University of Reading's Facebook post In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a cemetery with 50 sets of human remains at a medieval monastery, among other rare finds. A team of researchers and students from the University of Reading made the ...

When Svetlana and her family from the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine reached the snow-covered Putna monastery in the rolling hills of northeastern Romania, they had been on the road for four ...

PUTNA, Romania (Reuters) - When 75-year-old Svetlana and her family from the city of Krivoy Rog in central Ukraine reached the snow-covered Putna Monastery in the rolling hills of northeastern Romania ...

A decade-long excavation project uncovered around 120,000 artifacts at a medieval monastery, a book has revealed. Rushen Abbey was founded as a Cistercian monastery in A.D. 1134 on the Isle of Man—a ...

Monks likely used the disc-shaped gaming board to play Hnefatafl, a Norse strategy game that pits a king and his defenders against two dozen attackers, during the 7th or 8th century Michael Sharpe/The ...

The monastic grange project at the Abbaye Sainte-Marie of Boulaur has aroused a wave of enthusiasm in the country and is already inspiring other monasteries in Europe. The community is establishing a ...

The French countryside is littered with medieval monasteries -- stony, quiet and atmospheric. Some are in a state of ruin; others are still home to peaceful monks or sisters going about their ...

The French countryside is littered with medieval monasteries -- stony, quiet and atmospheric. Some are in a state of ruin; others are still home to peaceful monks or sisters going about their ...

Remnants of a rare pigment found in dental tartar of a woman buried around 1,000 years ago at a medieval monastery indicate that she may have been an elite scribe or book painter. These pigment flecks ...