The Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester, West Sussex, is set to transport visitors back to the winter of 1462 with a ...

In the Middle Ages, color was never a personal choice. It signaled status, wealth, profession, loyalty, and even moral ...

In fashion parlance, a 'grail' usually means something far removed from the days of King Arthur. But this season, all things ...

The sharp, elongated bills of green hermit hummingbirds aren’t just fine-tuned for feeding; they also allow males to joust like knights over mates The iridescent green hermit hummingbird is known for ...

Being a medieval knight was a pretty cushy position. From the exciting swordplay and roundtable shenanigans to the promise of wealth, status, and, in many cases, romance, swinging that big ol' sword ...

During the excavation of a Crusades-era burial ground for medieval knights, archaeologists discovered a mysterious elongated skull. It was determined that the individual to whom the skull belonged had ...

An exceptional burial site has emerged from the depths of Polish history. What secret lies beneath this carved tombstone discovered under a simple ice cream shop? This archaeological find reveals the ...

Modern-day professionals spend thousands on French-made armour to live out medieval fantasies in a quiet Bundaberg street that erupts with combat twice weekly. The illusion is quickly shattered by the ...

In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Eco (“Foucault’s Pendulum”) and Ken Follett (“The Pillars of the Earth”) ...

Archaeologists were surprised to discover the exceptional tomb of a medieval knight underneath an ice cream shop in the seaside Polish city of Gdańsk. The 13th-century burial includes a rare carving ...