Map of regions in early medieval England and their proportional make up of Δ18Odw-MAP (Chenery) value classifications. (CREDIT: Medieval Archaeology) While male migration was more frequent overall, ...

At West Helsterton in east Yorkshire, DNA results point to a biological relationships between men buried in close proximity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see a large burial that's been excavated in a dirt area. There is a skeleton at the bottom. Archaeologists in Germany have ...

Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was used to make coins during the early medieval period in Europe. For a study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of experts ...

Byzantine bullion fueled Europe's revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne's Francia a century later, new tests reveal.

Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe. But what was the source of all that silver? According to a recent paper published in the ...

A "truly remarkable" early medieval ring thought to be at least 1,000 years old has been unearthed in Scotland. The intricately designed ring was found at the site of Burghead fort in the council area ...

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