The idea that medieval people routinely emptied chamber pots straight into the street as their primary method of waste ...

Medieval castles were built for war, power, and spectacle—but they also had to function as crowded homes. Without plumbing, ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery, unearthing an 11th-century medieval toilet that has helped to solve a 2,000-year-old mystery. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the ...

A medieval toilet and a jet die used to predict the future were some of the findings that could help build a picture of everyday life at a medieval bishop's palace. Archaeologists at Auckland Castle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of the Bayeux Tapestry showing King Harold riding to his residence, Bosham. The full tapestry depicts the Norman ...

One of King Harold's manors appears twice in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, but only 948 years later have researchers finally identified the building's remains. Reading time 2 minutes Dating back over ...