A routine excavation in western Germany has led to the rediscovery of Echene, a medieval town that vanished from the ...

"It sounds strange, but for us archaeologists, latrines are almost always a treasure trove." During construction of an ...

Rothenburg is still Germany's best-preserved walled town. In the Middle Ages, Rothenburg was Germany's second-largest city with a population of 6,000. Rolf Richardson / Alamy Twenty-five years ago, I ...

Excavating ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany. The findings, shared today in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A genetic match to an ancient person doesn't mean you're more related genealogically. Mark Edward Atkinson/Tetra Images via Getty ...

Michael Curschmann, a professor of Germanic languages and literatures, emeritus, at Princeton University, died Oct. 7 at his home in Princeton. He was 81. Curschmann's wide-ranging scholarship on ...

During the European Middle Ages, literacy and written texts were largely the province of religious institutions. Richly illustrated manuscripts were created in monasteries for use by members of ...

A visit to Dreieichenhain is like stepping back in time. You walk through an old tower gate and stroll down a cobblestone lane. You amble past stone and half-timbered houses and come to a medieval ...

Archaeologists in Germany uncovered the remains of a medieval man with a “sophisticated” centuries-old iron prosthetic hand. The complete skeleton of a middle-aged man at the time of his death was ...

It’s not as frequented as some of Baden-Württemberg’s other medieval villages and big-city destinations, but Marbach am Neckar has a charm all its own. Yet, this small town perched ...