Hundreds of years ago, someone in the Netherlands concluded that the best way to fill the gaps in their floor was not with tiles, but with bones. Municipal archaeologists working in the historical ...

A British couple finally figured out why their living room floor wasn’t level when they took up the floorboards and discovered a 33-foot deep well that historians say dates back to Shakespeare’s day.

Historic medieval flooring, at the exact spot where King Charles will be crowned inside Westminster Abbey, is going to be opened to visitors - as long as they take off their shoes. Abbey authorities ...

The ancient cloisters of Greyfriars Priory and the remains of a medieval tiled floor have been uncovered during an archaeological dig in Gloucester. The excavation was carried out by a small group of ...

An old wooden floor in Coventry has been named one of the most historically important in Britain. The warped floorboards in a small upstairs room at the medieval St Mary’s Guildhall in Bayley Lane, ...

QRENDI, MALTA—The Independent Malta reports that the remains of a chapel thought to date to the late medieval period were found under the floor of the current Madonna tal-Hniena Church, which was ...

Divers off the coast of Sicily discovered a medieval battle helmet used during Spanish rule on the island. Screengrab of Soprintendenza del Mare's Facebook post Scientific divers off the coast of ...

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