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Meet the first queen of Medieval Times!
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A 30-Year Career Writing and Directing for Medieval Times

The family dinner theater's creative director on how he keeps things fresh, and why it took so long to install a woman on the throne.
Eric Grundhauser February 23, 2018
Orava Castle
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

Orava Castle

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Archaeologist John Boas works on the Guildford medieval synagogue.
Guildford, England

Guildford Medieval Synagogue

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.
A parking lot on top of the medieval walls.
Southampton, England

Southampton Walls

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.
Athenry Dominican Priory.
Athenry, Ireland

Athenry Dominican Priory

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.
Hopital Notre-Dame à la Rose.
Lessines, Belgium

Hopital Notre-Dame à la Rose

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.
The pillar of shame.
Zadar, Croatia

Pillar of Shame

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.
The manuscript is currently held at Yale University.
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Has Artificial Intelligence Cracked the Voynich Manuscript's Mysterious Code?

Send in the bots.
Natasha Frost February 1, 2018
A medieval depiction of scribe holding a quill pen and a knife, from Canterbury, England.
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Found: A Medieval Knife That Was Used Like an Eraser

It was probably some scribe's best friend.
Vittoria Traverso January 31, 2018
It's not quite <em>A Knight's Tale</em>, but Maryland ring jousting is a beloved past time.
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Why Maryland Loves Jousting

The first official state sport in the U.S. continues a medieval tradition.
Eric Grundhauser January 29, 2018
The vertical coffin is built into what's left of the arch.
Chester, England

Medieval Coffin of St John's

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.
Archaeologists discovered a medieval chess piece in Norway's oldest city.
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Found: An 800-Year-Old Chess Piece

A medieval knight from Norway with Islamic-inspired patterns.
Vittoria Traverso January 29, 2018
Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.
Gastro Obscura

Medlars

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.
Paris, France

Fountain of Innocents

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
The medieval bridge, with the hot springs nearby.
Përmet District, Albania

Benja Thermal Baths

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Al Haouz, Morocco

Tin Mal Mosque

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.
Adriano Celentano performing in 1970.
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The Deep Roots of an Italian Song That Sounds Like English—But Is Just Nonsense

In 1972, fascination with American culture spurred an Italian showman to revive a medieval comic tradition.
Vittoria Traverso March 31, 2023
Dublin, Ireland

Saint Audoen’s Gate

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.