The skeleton of Béla, the Duke of Macsó, shows that he was murdered by three assailants in a bloody and coordinated attack.

A new study reveals that modern ideas about the Black Death’s rapid spread across Asia stem from a centuries-old ...

A new study shows how a medieval text was misread as history, shaping how the Black Death’s spread was understood for ...

The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...

Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of ...

The first scientific evidence of the Black Death in Edinburgh has been discovered on the remains of a teenage boy who died in ...

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Tragedy struck in the heart of Rome when a worker died after a partial collapse of the medieval tower known as the Torre dei ...

Romania's Foreign Ministry has mourned the death of a construction worker after the partial collapse of the 13th century ...

"I express deep sorrow and condolences, on behalf of myself and the government," Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni said in a ...

The man was trapped for several hours after part of the Torre dei Conti, on the edge of the Roman Forum, gave way.