Pagans in northern Europe's Baltic region imported horses from neighboring Christian countries during the late medieval period to sacrifice in funeral rituals, a study has revealed. The research, ...

The discovery was made in Reinstedt and may previously have served as shelters, pagan tombs or places of symbolic rituals.

Medieval Dutch site may have hosted ‘devil’s money’ cult rituals - Exactly which gods people in the area prayed to remains a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Selection of coins and jewelry from Hezingen Nordic archeological site (Credit: Jan-Willem de Kort, et al.) An early medieval ...

In parts of medieval Europe, families hired sin eaters to absorb the sins of the dead. The sin eater consumed bread and drink placed on the corpse, symbolically taking the deceased’s guilt. This ...

Medieval healers treated animals’ ailments with a mix of faith, tradition and science John Last - History Correspondent Magic was just another tool in a medieval animal healer's toolbox. Illustration ...

BERLIN — A U.N. committee on Sunday named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site, the second time Jewish heritage in Germany has been added to ...

BERLIN — A U.N. committee on Sunday named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site, the second time Jewish heritage in Germany has been added to ...