8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (98+ words) News August 26, 2026 Evidence of trade, diplomacy, and vast wealth on an unassuming island in the Baltic Sea Top 10 Discoveries of 2025 January/February 2026 Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia Top 10 Discoveries of 2024 January/February 2025 How a trailblazing ruler pulled her realm back…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago   (327+ words) Shediac — This past weekend was a big one for Shediac, N.B., with the inaugural Renaissance Faire kicking off at the Neptune Drive-in. Billed as fun two-day event filled with medieval-themed activities for all, the faire seemed promising to the 5,000 guests…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (386+ words) "Previous examinations of the bones found evidence of the earliest known case of plague in Anatolia. This is a very important finding," Prof. Meric told Anadolu Agency, Turkey's official state news agency. The site has been under excavation since the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (534+ words) By Busra Nur Yilmaz Archaeologists excavating a Byzantine-era cemetery near the site of an ancient Roman theater in northwestern Türkiye have found evidence of what researchers describe as the earliest known case of plague in Anatolia. The skeletal remains of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (107+ words) News August 24, 2026 Letter from Bulgaria May/June 2026 The untold story of how the Bulgarian Empire challenged medieval Europe’s great powers Top 10 Discoveries of 2025 January/February 2026 Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia Digs & Discoveries March/April 2021 Top 10 Discoveries of 2018 January/February 2019 How…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (138+ words) Diari ARA The plague devastated nearby populations. There is a deeply rooted popular legend in the area that attributes the beginning of the tragedy to a shepherd boy who supposedly found an infected sailor's coat and put it on to…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (601+ words) In an increasingly complex world, the medieval age offers an appealing vision of community, purpose, and simplicity, a Murdoch University historian said. Since 1995, the small town of Balingup in Western Australia’s South West has attracted passionate artisans, performers, and medieval…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (407+ words) A fairly unpopulated part of west Dorset had a fascinating natural curiosity. Mapperton had a famous natural landmark, the Posy Tree, which carried a small plaque claiming that villagers who survived the Great Plague (in 1665) carried their dead past it....

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2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1646+ words) How a bacterium crossed empires, devastated medieval society, and gave survivors the power to reshape Europe. The disturbing thing about the Black Death is not simply that it killed. It is that it worked extraordinarily well. The disease exploited trade…...