Islamic History galleries to reopen at The Met
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will be reopening 15 new galleries dedicated to the history of Islamic art – one of the…
Shipwreck from Mongol Invasion fleet discovered off Japan
Archaeologists from the University of the Ryukyus in Japan have discovered large parts of a Mongolian/Chinese ship that was likely part of the…
Battle Castle set to invade TV screens in 2012
Battle Castle, a new Canadian television series airing in 2012, promises to reveal the military engineering behind six medieval castles – detail the…
Couple were buried holding hands 1500 years ago, archaeologists find
Italian archaeologists have discovered a pair of skeletons still holding hands after being buried about 1,500 years ago. The man and woman were…
Scholars explore Viking fortress in Ireland
Viking scholars from around the world came to the Irish communities of Dundalk and Annagassan last week to take part in a conference…
Project underway to preserve Scotland’s medieval churches
A project led by the University of St Andrews could help preserve historically valuable medieval churches in Scotland. The scheme aims to discover…
York’s Hungate archaeological dig coming to an end
The Hungate archaeological excavation, which has uncovered hundreds of artefacts dating back to the Middle Ages, is nearing completion. On the weekend the…
Mapping Ancient Germania: Berlin Researchers Crack the Ptolemy Code
A 2nd century map of Germania by the scholar Ptolemy has always stumped scholars, who were unable to relate the places depicted to…
Hortulus Call For Papers for Issue on Medieval Space and Place
Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies Special Call For Papers for Issue on Medieval Space and Place SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR VOLUME…
Studies in Early Franciscan Sources book series begins
Franciscan Institute Publications has launched a new book series called Studies in Early Franciscan Sources with the publication of three titles: The Writings…
Archaeologists examine medieval fortress on the Mediterranean coast
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was…
British Library launches new Medieval and Renaissance images app
In conjunction with their exhibition Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination, the British Library has created a Royal Manuscripts app for Apple iPad…
Viking boat burial site discovered in Scotland
Great Britain’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in northwest Scotland. The 5 meter-long grave contained…
Football was being played in medieval Scotland, research reveals
A Scottish historian has discovered that the game of football was being played as early as the 15th century, and that by the…
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne comes to Fordham University – will research medieval female devotion
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Ph.D., a medieval literature scholar whose work has focused on the use of vernacular language and women’s’ narratives in medieval texts,…
Syracuse University examines “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment”
The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle…
Stanford scholar finds the origins of Western poetry in troubadours’ songs
Stanford Assistant Professor Marisa Galvez has written a book about medieval songbooks, pointing to troubadours as the models for modern poets. The poem…
Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
An international team – led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany – has sequenced the entire genome…
World Monuments Fund lists 67 heritage sites “most at-risk”
The World Monuments Fund’s President Bonnie Burnham has announced the 2012 World Monuments Watch. Since 1996, the biennial Watch has drawn international attention…
William and Mary professor chronicles history of 700-year-old missing Spanish document
It’s been a decade and a half since manuscript hunter George Greenia discovered a missing medieval Spanish document in the archives at the…
Anglo-Saxon remains discovered in Nottinghamshire
A team of archaeologists from the University of Nottingham have discovered the remains of an Anglo-Saxon defensive enclosure in the Nottinghamshire town of…
The Walters Art Museum Removes Copyright Restrictions from more than 10,000 Images
The Walters Art Museum announces the launch of its redesigned works of art website with the removal of copyright restrictions on more than…
New website: Late Medieval English Scribes
Researchers from the universities of York, Oxford and Sheffield have created a new website that aims to identifying the scribes who made the…
Burial site discovered in Ireland dates back to the 7th-century
A graveyard dating back to the 7th century has been discovered just of Dublin. The site was uncovered as part of construction on…
Treasures of the Bodleian exhibition opens today
The Bodleian Libraries’ autumn exhibition ‘Treasures of the Bodleian’ opens to the public today (Friday 30 September). The exhibition will feature a selection…