The British Library’s breathtaking new exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, brings to life the experiences, ...

The crown jewel of the French Riviera, Nice has long been known for its historical, cultural, and aesthetic appeal .

For some time, many of these looked to the medieval period as a moment of chivalry and knightly quest. More recently, however, popular culture set in the Middle Ages has leaned into the gritty and ...

Scientists have connected 800-year-old skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a mysterious figure ...

Jeff Belanger, host of the New England Legends podcast, joined GBH's All Things Considered to discuss mysterious Westford ...

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an ...

Researchers say the discovery matched "very well" with a story documented in a historical text known as the Sverris Saga.

New research offers clues to the identity of the "Well-man," an enigmatic set of human remains that are described in an ...

A passage in the Norse "Sverris Saga," the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that ...

A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to ...

Inside a campy dinner theater known for over-the-top revelry and clashing swords, Rick Grimes found something profound.

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, ...