This city served as a crucial stop for traders and travelers along the Silk Road, connecting the East and West. During their explorations, the archaeologists uncovered numerous fired-brick structures, ...

Avon Archaeology Highland examined the 500,000‑square‑metre site and recorded grain‑drying kilns, stone hand mills, quern stones and medieval field systems, showing continuous farming activity from ...

Israeli archaeologists uncover medieval sugar mills beneath Gan Hashlosha National Park The study indicates that the tunnels likely channeled water to drive horizontal paddle wheels, which powered ...

Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of a drowned medieval city that was once a Silk Road hotspot.

We close the week with an uplifting tale from the United Kingdom. Amid shortages of essential supplies during the coronavirus era, a picturesque water mill of the medieval period has been pressed back ...

Not in years had France seen such rain. Farmers slogged stolidly out to their fields to harvest the sodden crops, mill the grain and send it on its way. In little (pop. 4,400) Pont-Saint-Esprit, ...

In medieval times sheep were commonly grazed on pasture land by day but folded on arable each night. This was recognized as a way of improving the soil fertility of the arable. This paper calculates ...