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 ...

But it turns out some of these monks were ... friars in medieval England were nearly twice as likely to suffer from intestinal parasites as other people, despite most monasteries being equipped ...

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 ...