10 lessons from the medieval knights

"Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in improving behaviour, so what kind of lessons could knights teach youngsters...

2,000 Skeletons Found in Ancient Berlin Churchyard

" Archaelogists have made a grisly, fascinating discovery in central Berlin -- a giant medieval graveyard containing 2,000 corpses, many of them children.Archaelogists in Berlin have uncovered 2,000 skeletons in a huge medieval cemetery near the city center since they...

Exeter's Temple of Doom Gives Up Treasure

"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones. He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice. Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...

Medieval diets 'far more healthy'

"If they managed to survive plague and pestilence, medieval humans may have enjoyed healthier lifestyles than their descendants today, it has been claimed. Their low-fat, vegetable-rich diet - washed down by weak ale - was far better for the heart than today's starchy,...

Car park dig for medieval castle

"Volunteers are helping archaeologists search for signs of a medieval castle thought to be under a village car park. Researchers believe the castle once stood at the site in Maenclochog at the foot of Pembrokeshire's Preseli Hills. Villagers are working with professional...