A skeleton that may belong to a 15th-century countess has been discovered near a senate building in the Netherlands. Archaeologists were excavating areas around the Binnenhof—a parliament building in ...

Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, completed five years before community's destruction, going under hammer after being returned to ...

A team of archaeologists has investigated the wreck of a boat that sank in the 15th century, revealing fascinating new insights into the stricken vessel. The so-called "Maderö wreck" was first ...

Around 1455, a medieval French painter and miniaturist named Jean Fouquet painted a small diptych with two panels, one of which depicts St. Stephen holding a strangely shaped stone—usually interpreted ...

In the early 15th century, the Balkans and Eastern Europe as a whole suffered under Ottoman raids and conquest. The Ottoman Sultan figured fragmented Albania would be an easy conquest. However, ...

While exploring a 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, divers discovered “surprising” cargo and weapons that may have helped repel pirates. The remains of the wooden vessel lie off the ...

A skull found in a Hungarian basilica in 2002 has spent the last 20 years unidentified, despite numerous theories. A new study has traced it to King Matthias Corvinus, a mid-15th century monarch, ...

Divers recovered “surprising” artifacts from a 15th century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, including weapons, according to a new study. Photo from the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology ...