Why Were Four Girls Buried Beneath a Medieval Norwegian Church Wearing Red Mittens?
Two children and two teenage girls were laid together in a shallow grave beneath the floor of Uvdal Stave Church in Norway. Their faces, hands…
Black Death
Europe’s Lost Black Death Graves Found: Scientists Identify First Systematically Proven Plague Mass Burial
A long-missing chapter of medieval Europe’s deadliest pandemic is finally emerging from the ground An interdisciplinary research team has identified compelling evidence of a Black…
Buried Secrets of Kaliakra: Child Graves, Gold Coins, and Traces of the Plague on Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast
On a windswept rocky headland that once served as the capital of the Dobruja Despotate, archaeologists have unearthed new evidence of medieval life and death.…