Before abandoning their settlement, a medieval community in England tore down an elaborate entrance gate and buried a 15-year-old girl in its place. And in a final act marking her as different, they ...

For the first time, archaeologists have uncovered hard evidence of an early medieval Muslim community in southern France. What's more, the findings—three graves in the town of Nimes prepared according ...

An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, the researchers have also identified the variola virus which can ...