When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The unusual burials at the Rašaška archaeological site in southeastern Croatia date to between ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Written records had indicated that about 12,000 people were buried in large pits outside the city of Erfurt, but their exact ...

In medieval Denmark, people could pay for more prestigious graves closer to the church — a sign of wealth and status. But ...

(CNN) — When the brick coffin of a young woman from medieval Italy was opened after its discovery in 2010, two peculiar things stood out to the researchers: There was a perfect hole in the frontal ...

Archaeologists excavated a 900-year-old burial mound and found evidence of the graves being reopened by ‘looters,’ photos show. Photo from S. Wadyl via Wadyl, Szczepanik, Fetner, Jaskulska and ...

It always amazes me how much history is still being uncovered today, despite the time that has been dedicated to looking and sheer quantity that has already been discovered. It’s cool to think about ...

Polish archaeologists recently uncovered an elite knight’s burial in remarkable condition – all in the middle of a bustling tourist city. The tomb was found in Gdańsk, Poland, a historic city revered ...

Burial location appears to have reflected social status more than disease in medieval Denmark. An analysis of nearly 1,000 skeletons from medieval Danish cemeteries reveals that individuals with ...