The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world.

A 6th century skeleton found in Germany has yielded new information about the genome of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that caused plagues for centuries in Europe and Asia. The woman's teeth ...

Changes in Western European burial practices spread rapidly during the 6th - 8th centuries AD, providing strong evidence that early Medieval Europe was a well-connected place with a shared culture.

Scientists recovered Yersina pestis from 6th Century remains in Germany; ... The plague, which began between 541 and 544 CE, ravaged areas of modern-day Europe, ...

Macedonia, a landlocked Balkan country squeezed between Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Albania and Kosovo, is one of Europe’s best surprises. Explore caves. Scale 6th century fortress walls.

Archaeologists have found a rare example of a foot amputation and prosthesis from early Medieval Austria, and they think the injured person may have been a high-status cavalryman.

Sixth-Century Misery Tied to Not One, But Two, ... Asia and Europe, where summer temperatures dropped by 2.9 to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit below the average of the previous 30 years.