An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa ...

Free events designed to celebrate Lincolnshire's history and culture will be held across the county. The open days will take ...

The newly discovered evidence of Black Africans' descendants living in early Anglo-Saxon era Britain comes from DNA tests (carried out as part of a mainly Anglo-German study) on two 7th century ...

In 2022, archaeologists worked on the ancient DNA from a number of early medieval cemeteries, and found two individuals that ...

Two people buried in early medieval England had West African ancestry, experts have revealed, in a discovery that rewrites British history. The find provides the first direct evidence of a connection ...

DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...

Andrew Garfield is set to star alongside Katherine Waterston in Paul Greengrass’ upcoming untitled period war film set in ...

Researchers have compiled "murder maps" of London, Oxford, and York to investigate the spread of medieval violence.

LONDON -- After a hard day's jousting, what a medieval English knight needed was .... a plate of lasagna. And he apparently could have it, according to British researchers who claim to have found a ...

They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...

You look at the world around you. Dusty roads and a crumbling castle in the distance, close by a bustling city lies in a state of chaos, loud shouts can be heard across the city and children are ...