The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

A new study shows how a medieval text was misread as history, shaping how the Black Death’s spread was understood for ...

Artificial intelligence has achieved a remarkable breakthrough by decoding the enigmatic prehistoric cave markings known as ...

Thousands of years ago, people built things so advanced that even today’s experts can’t explain how. These ancient creations ...