A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a ...

The monks living at the remote 15th century Romanian Orthodox monastery, a pilgrimage site that sits in a valley covered in dense forest, have opened its doors to people like Svetlana who have ...

By contrast, the monastery just outside of town boasted ... researchers has determined that it was not the ordinary people of medieval Cambridge who showed the highest rate of worms in the guts ...

The typical menu for a monastery in medieval Europe was a selection of pottage (soup or stew) prepared with local vegetables or grains, pulses (legumes), coarse bread, fish, and poultry.

Medieval monks were 'riddled with parasites' Date: August 18, 2022 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Research examining traces of parasites in medieval Cambridge residents suggests that ...

Students joined archaeologists in a multi-year excavation of a medieval monastery in England. Screengrab from University of Reading's Facebook post In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of ...