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 ...

DNA and forensics solve 750-year-old murder, revealing the brutal assassination of a medieval Hungarian duke in one of Europe ...

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

Genetic, isotopic, and forensic evidence has conclusively identified the remains of Duke Béla of Macsó and uncovered ...

Christian monks who withdrew into the wilderness — practiced the strange and beautiful discipline of reminding one another of their mortality: “Brother, remember your death.” This was not meant to be ...

Bestselling author Alice Loxton undertook a 200-mile journey to learn about the life and legacy of one of England's forgotten royals, Queen Eleanor.

Historians have traced myths about the Black Death’s rapid journey across Asia to one 14th-century poem by Ibn al-Wardi. His ...

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal ...

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Freddy Chick. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

In 1272 CE, a Hungarian duke was murdered in cold blood. Details surrounding the grisly killing of the 13th century Hungarian ...

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

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 ...