1201 CE to 1300 CEWorkers puzzled over medieval document found in cabinet drawer
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2009/07/03 - 11:53.
Staff at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario are scratching their heads over the discovery of a mid 13th century legal document found at the bottom of a university filing cabinet.
13th century shoe found in Magdeburg
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2009/06/30 - 14:03.
Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved sheepskin shoe dating to the 13th century at a dig near Magdeburg, Germany. “Shoe finds of this type from the Gothic period occur very seldom in Central Europe,” said Heiko Breuer, an antiquities restoration expert from the State Museum for Prehistory Saxony-Anhalt in Halle. (photo)
Medieval stained glass inspires mosaic artists
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2009/06/24 - 09:07.
What to do with thousands of fragments of medieval pottery? Make them into a mosaic work of art mirroring a 13th century stained glass window, of course! That is what Emma Biggs and Matthew Colling have done at St Mary’s Church, in Castlegate, England.
New Norse settlement found in Canada
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2009/06/20 - 17:18.
Canadian archaeologists are thrilled by the discovery of the remains of a medieval structure, which they believe may be Norse in origin, near Nunavut on southern Baffin Island. If true, this will be only the second Viking structure found in the New World.
Pre-Mongol burial artifacts found in Detinets, Russia
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2009/06/06 - 14:53.
Engineers working on a construction project near Detinets, Russia, the site of the citadel of the ancient Novgorod, have found fragments of medieval sarcophagi and stone crosses believed to date to the 12th-13th centuries.
Britain' Queen participates in ancient Easter custom
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2009/05/18 - 18:05.
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain recreated a custom dating to the 13th century recently by handing out "Maundy Money," a tradition of doling out coins to pensioners. (video)
Palace of the Great Khan may lie beneath Khara Khorum
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2009/05/16 - 14:05.
In the 13th century, Kublai Khan, grandson of the great Genghis Khan, moved the ruling city of China to Beijing, but prior to the time, the Mongolian capital, Khara Khorum, was an international city of great renown. Now archaeologists believe they know the whereabouts of the Palace of the Great Khan.
Digital Maciejowski Bible online
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2009/05/15 - 09:26.
The Medieval Tymes website is hosting a digitized copy of the Maciejowski Bible, a 13th century manuscript commissioned by King Louis IX (Saint Louis) of France and executed by unknown scribes.
Magna Carta Viewer offers in depth look at England's historic past
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2009/04/24 - 15:21.
Visitors to the British Library's Treasures in Full: Magna Carta website are invited to enjoy an in-depth look at the document through the use of Magna Carta Viewer, a Shockwave plugin, which can be downloaded free from the Adobe website. The site also includes a simple, clickable website that allows viewers to zoom in for a closeup look.
Dog Skeletons Indicate Medieval Custom of Sacrifice
Submitted by Ursula on Thu, 2009/04/23 - 06:50.
A discovery of multiple buried dog skeletons in a medieval town outside Budapest suggests that the custom of animal sacrifice was much more widespread in early Christian Hungary than previously thought.
The Knights Templar mystery linked to the Shroud of Turin
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2009/04/12 - 15:53.
Two of the great mysteries of the Middle Ages were linked recently when the Vatican announced that the renowned Shroud of Turin was hidden for over 100 years after the Crusades by the Knights Templar. (video)
Earthquake takes lives, damages treasures in central Italy
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2009/04/09 - 10:10.
Tragedy struck central Italy April 7 when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake toppled ancient and modern buildings in the medieval city of L’Aquila. Over 200 people lost their lives, and the earthquake damaged nearly all the historic buildings of the town. (video)
Crusader castle project could prove value of new technologies
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2009/04/04 - 12:15.
Archaeologist Katharina Galor believes technology might just help eliminate hours of tedious recording and cataloging during a dig, and she plans to test her theory at Apollonia-Arsuf, a crusader castle in Israel.
Sherwood "infested" by Robin Hood?
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2009/03/26 - 17:44.
According to a 15th century history book, Robin Hood may not have been as popular with the common people as believed. According to art historian Julian Luxford, Robin and his merry men "infested" Sherwood Forest with their thieving ways.
Vikings were "model immigrants"
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2009/03/26 - 14:12.
A three-day conference at Cambridge University may shake up traditional views of Vikings. The new study will show that, far from marauding barbarians, the Norse were "more cultured settlers who offered a 'good historical model' of immigrant assimilation."
Santa Clara University showcases medieval garden
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2009/03/24 - 17:25.
In honor of its namesake St. Clare of Assisi, Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California has created a medieval garden dedicated to the saint who was "was often compared to a plant or garden." The university's website includes a great deal of information on medieval gardens.
Persian pottery shard inscribed with Rubaiyat found in Jerusalem
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2009/03/22 - 12:10.
Archaeologists working in the Old City of Jerusalem have discovered a piece of Persian pottery dating to the 12th-13th centuries. The shard is inscribed with a quotation from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. (photo)
13th century midden yields shoe soles
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2009/03/20 - 16:43.
A batch of leather shoe soles dating from the 13th to 18th centuries was found in 2005 in a hollow tree trunk in an ancient trash dump in Lyon, France. The soles are well-preserved.
California monks reconstruct 800 year old building
Submitted by trbrown on Thu, 2009/03/05 - 19:23.
Monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, California are rebuilding an 800 year old chapter house transported from Ovila, Spain to California in 1931 by William Randoph Hearst.
Rare face-mask jug found in Scotland
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2009/02/22 - 14:02.
An archaeological dig at the site of the former Rothesay Council Chambers in Scotland has unearthed a rare 13th century ceramic jug. (photo)
Submerged island and sunken galley may hold clues to Venetian dominance
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2009/02/12 - 15:21.
Italian archaeologists are undertaking a project to raise an entire island which has been submerged in the lagoon of Venice since the 16th century. Among the artifacts they hope to recover is a remarkably preserved 13th century wooden galley.
Light show marks 800th anniversary of Cambridge University
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2009/02/02 - 11:43.
The home to "some of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in history - including the splitting of the atom and the discovery of the structure of DNA," Cambridge University in England celebrates its 800th anniversary with worldwide events and an "exuberant" atmosphere.
Westminster Chapter House to undergo renovation
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2009/01/30 - 12:19.
The Chapter House of Westminster Abbey is crumbling, its stonework decaying and pocked with WWII shrapnel scars, its stone carvings damaged, but there is relief in sight in the form of a £2m restoration program to repair the 13th century octagonal building.
Oldest extant Medieval Roll of Arms bought by British Library
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2009/01/20 - 12:25.
Hrolf Jamesonreports that the British Library has acquired the the Dering Roll, the "oldest extant Medieval Roll of Arms." The document was purchased for UK£194,184.
International banking - medieval-style
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2009/01/15 - 11:38.
A team of researchers from England's Reading University are studying the credit crunch -- not the recent one, but the "medieval credit crunch" from the time of England's King Edward I.
Lost church of Bix Gibwyn found in Oxfordshire
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2008/12/25 - 12:28.
Archaeologists are hoping that they have found the location of the "lost" church of Bix Gibwyn, an 800-year-old structure that was abandoned in the late 16th century. The research team has discovered three medieval graves which could pinpoint the site of the church.
Time Team finds bishop's palace in Ross, England
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2008/12/22 - 11:58.
A medieval mystery has been solved with the discovery by the Time Team of Bishop’s Palace at Ross-on-Wye, England. The location of the famed palace has been lost for over 300 years.
Archaeologists continue to search for Hull's ancient friary
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 15:32.
Archaeologists working on an excavation in the town of Hull, Yorkshire, are delighted to have discovered the medieval Humber Gate, but are still looking for the elusive Carmelite friary, built in the town in the late 1290's.
Archimedes Palimpsest Project celebrates 10th anniversary
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/11/16 - 15:14.
William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts for the Walters Art Museum, reports that the Archimedes Palimpsest Project has just celebrated its 10th anniversary. The project was established to rediscover lost passages from the 13th century Byzantine prayerbook containing at seven treatises by Archimedes.
Public may help look for tomb of Genghis Khan
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/11/16 - 08:02.
800 years after his death, scientists at the University of California San Diego's Center for Interdisciplinary Science in Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) are using advanced visualization technologies to try to find the long-lost grave of the emperor Genghis Khan.
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