“I follow Latin traces from Icelandic manuscripts, but the Latin written material in Iceland has been forgotten. Previous research has focused mostly on texts in Old Norse in Icelandic manuscripts,” said Ph.D. research fellow Tom Lorenz. Credit: Tom Lorenz Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, the country has produced […]
Archaeologists in Berlin have uncovered the remains of 188 figurines that were used as reliquaries — objects that held the bones of people who were considered to be saints or worthy of veneration. The reliquaries were found during excavations of the Molkenmarkt, meaning “whey market,” which is the oldest square in Berlin. The figurines date […]
A structure in southwest England that’s associated with King Arthur isn’t medieval as scientists had long thought. Instead, it dates back more than 5,000 years, to the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, archaeologists say — thousands of years before the mythical king and his knights are said to have lived. The scientists who were involved […]
