Middle Ages

Glencairn in southeastern Pennsylvania whisks visitors to the Middle Ages.

In the second part of a series documenting the building of a medieval castle in France, the team makes important archeological discoveries as work continues.

Medieval scholar Donald Yates, Ph.D., is shedding new light on controversial artifacts found near Tuscon, Ariz., in the 1920s.

Medieval scientists claimed to have created little people. The ethics of creating artificial life has long been debated!

Once chanted solemnly in devotion to Boniface, the patron saint of Germany, this music has not found voice in centuries. Giovanni Varelli, a music Ph.D. student at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, discovered it earlier this month.

Several paintings from the Renaissance and the Middle Ages contain objects some say look a lot like flying saucers and other UFOs.

Mass hysteria has had large groups of people dancing or laughing for days or weeks straight, sometimes to the point of heart attack!

Medieval UFO battle?: Hans Glaser was a journalist of sorts in 16th century Germany. He depicted a wondrous and perplexing event that occurred in the early morning hours of April 14, 1561, in the city of Nuremberg.