A new scientific study of medieval human bones, excavated from a deserted English village, suggests the corpses they came from were burnt and mutilated. Researchers believe this was carried out by ...

While zombies and vampires are popular in mainstream entertainment today, people living in Medieval England very much feared the undead, a new study suggests. Researchers examined a collection of ...

On the western edge of the low-lying hills of Northern Yorkshire, England lies the deserted medieval village (DMV) of Wharram Percy. While the earthworks of the village have been known about for many ...

Hidden in Yorkshire lies a creepy little village that’s quickly gained attention for becoming completely abandoned, despite looking almost perfect. The remains of the ancient ghost town village were ...

Experts had long been perplexed by a collection of bones found among the ruins of a long-abandoned medieval village — until researchers realized the bones pointed to the villagers' terrible fear of ...

A scientific study of human bones excavated from a deserted village in North Yorkshire has thrown light on the suggestion that Medieval people believed corpses could rise from their graves. The ...

Across England are scattered the ruins of small communities, once ravaged by disease, famine and macroeconomic trends. One example is Wharram Percy in the Yorkshire Wolds, one of the largest and best ...

To help promote the use of centimeter and sub-centimeter level GPS for surveying archaeological sites, a series of tests was conducted at the deserted medieval village of Cottam in East Yorkshire, ...

A new scientific study of medieval human bones, excavated from a deserted English village, suggests the corpses they came from were burnt and mutilated. Researchers from the University of Southampton ...