Medieval News

For those living in North America who were envious of the British Museum's recent exhibition on Vikings , there is now an exhibition und...

Beginning today, we will be changing how the Medieval News blog is presented. We hope to bring you a new post every day or two, which wil...

The anonymous 16th-century painter who recorded a scene of everyday life at the king’s fountain (Chafariz d’El Rei) in Lisbon depicted an i...

At the beginning, surrounded by verdant farmland, the archaeological secrets of two ancient cities lay dormant below the surface on a Medite...

The Wenlock Jug, a medieval artefact that was stolen earlier this year from a museum in Luton, England, was recovered this week by Bedfords...

“Magnifici tre” is title of a spectacular exhibition in Firenze this autumn. On show are three manuscripts representing the absolute state...

Exhibition in Brussels of so-called Macedonian Manuscripts is met with uproar  The republic of Macedonia is on of the odd results of the...

People have been urged to get behind a fundraising campaign to keep a bit of Stone’s Medieval history in the town where it belongs. The ...

The Jewish Museum in New York will be featuring over 60 medieval Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts this fall as it presents a new exhibi...

As the movie Brave draws in big crowds around the world, Scotland is set to take advantage of this new attention to showcase its medieval h...

Few people realise that the medieval undercroft, near to the front of the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, exists, and it is now being op...

Six Lewis Chessmen are to be displayed long-term at a new museum on the Western Isles, where more than 90 of the historic pieces were foun...

Could Cleopatra have used these ancient glass bottles? Were these 3,000 year old figures ‘servants’ in the afterlife? Questions which exc...

Nearly 300 works of art are now on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to mark how the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean underwent...

Friends of Cosmeston Medieval Village held their first public meeting – and pledged to set up a registered charity to operate activities at...

A decade of the Newport Medieval Ship will be celebrated next month at the site of the original discovery.  ‘The Newport Medieval Ship: ...

A rare bronze Medieval jug, Chinese treasures and items that once belonged to Admiral Lord Nelson have all been stolen from museums in Eng...

A "nationally significant" bronze medieval jug has been stolen from a Bedfordshire museum. The Wenlok Jug was taken from the S...

A Connecticut seventh-grader says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he pointed out an...

Four medieval stained glass windows made in Norwich are to stay in the county after almost £200,000 was raised to buy them. Experts believ...