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Our latest medieval news roundup, including a few articles, archaeology news, tweets about upcoming conferences, the next medieval TV show, ...

The Verge takes a look at some of the interesting work being done by statistical physicists Ralph Kenna and Pádraig Mac Carron on medieva...

The National Geographic Channel has come up with a TV show that blends the medieval with the modern world by... having an American family bu...

1. Edinburgh Castle is built high on an impressive 700 million year old extinct volcano called Castle Rock, in the middle of what is now the...

Remains of the walls of Northampton Castle have been discovered at an archeological dig ahead of the £20 million redevelopment of Northampto...

Archaeologists began new excavations at the medieval Urvich fortress 20km from Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia at the beginning of October ...

This impressive medieval castle is located in the heart of the Savoy Valley, and is situated on a strategic site 200 meters (550 feet) abov...

The owners of a medieval castle east of Utrecht are pressing ahead with plans to make dozens of locals pay towards the upkeep of the propert...

The conflict in Syria is the product of very modern forces — a legacy of dictatorship and regional geo-politicking — but it’s taking place o...

Visitors are not usually welcome at building sites but not so at Guédelon, a site in Burgundy which is being run entirely along medieval lin...

The Austrian town of Friesach will be home to a new medieval castle, to built using construction methods from the period. The project, whic...

The construction of Guédelon about 100 miles southeast of Paris has already been underway for 15 years, yet workers are proud about how long...

Archaeologists have unearthed a surprising discovery on the grounds of an Aberdeenshire castle. Experts excavating at Fyvie Castle, nea...

A new exhibition in Carlisle Castle's Militia Store tells the near 1000 year story of the often battered castle – at various times a No...

Video emerged yesterday which appears to show that the town surrounding Crac des Chevaliers in Syria under artillery fire from Syrian forces...

Police have turned to the public for help after metal thieves struck at a tourist hot-spot. Sometime over the weekend raiders targeted Helms...

A radar system that can detect the underground remains of old buildings has been used to investigate a site near Towcester where a Norman ri...

A small White Rock-based feature-type documentary film producer believes her company's latest series Battle Castle will help take it to ...

Children playing with matches has led to a fire gutting one of Slovakia’s most important medieval castles on Saturday. Krasna Horka, which w...