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A view of the street and its arches.

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

The Rue Obscure

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

Long live the queen.

Medieval Times Is Now Ruled by a Queen

Usually medieval queens were regents, but this fictional character rules independently.

Sarah Laskow January 12, 2018

A page from the <em>Book of Deer</em>, a medieval illuminated book of gospels, is believed to be Scotland's oldest manuscript.

Found: Evidence of a Long-Lost Scottish Monastery

Archaeologists may have found where one of the country's oldest manuscripts was written.

Vittoria Traverso January 11, 2018

The abbey was the birthplace of modern musical notation.

Pomposa Abbey

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Radimlja Necropolis

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

Piazza Mercanti Milano, with the loggia on the right.

Loggia dei Mercanti Whispering Gallery

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A 14th century representation of a much tamer Feast of Fools.

The New Year's Feast That Transformed Fools Into Popes and Kings

In medieval churches, hierarchy was inverted for a day.

Sarah Laskow December 29, 2017

Alamut Castle.

Roudbar Alamout, Iran

Alamut Castle

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

Cooking, medieval-style, at the Gainsborough Old Hall medieval kitchen

In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond Milk

Today's craze is a second act; medieval chefs were equally enamored.

Jim Clarke December 8, 2017

Lavatoio Medievale.

Lavatoio Medievale

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

A slate whetstone found during railroad construction.

Found: A Runic Inscription on a Viking Whetstone

Experts in Norway are asking the public to help tell if it is a name or something more sinister.

Vittoria Traverso December 6, 2017

A medieval illumination showing a monk tasting wine or beer, from <em>Li livres dou santé</em>, late 13th century.

When a City and a Bishop Went to War Over Beer

The 1380 Wrocław Beer War was a medieval Bohemian battle royale.

Vittoria Traverso December 1, 2017

Lion Aquamanile, North German or Mosan, circa 1200, bronze, 15.3 cm. long

objects of intrigue

Fancy Medieval Nobles Washed Their Hands With Bronze Lion-Shaped Vessels

Without forks, hand-washing at mealtime was extra important.

Sarah Laskow November 22, 2017

Interrogation seat

Museo de la Tortura

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

Tavuk Göğsü

We have the Ottoman sultans to thank for this creamy Turkish dessert made of chicken breast.

A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.

Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.

One of the successful couples, sitting in the ceremonial chair (with dog).

Dunmow Flitch Trials

Only the happiest married couples can win this huge piece of bacon.

Teampull na Trionaid.

Isle of North Uist, Scotland

Teampull na Trionaid

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.