Archaeologists excavating a mysterious medieval cemetery in Wales have uncovered compelling evidence that the burial ground was part of an early female religious community. The discovery of a possible ...

Archaeologists have discovered a monumental early medieval cemetery that could be linked to a Christian saint. The burial ground was uncovered during excavations conducted as part of an improvement ...

The best location for a monastery was one that was close to water and wood. Many monastic chroniclers mention this.

A decade-long excavation project uncovered around 120,000 artifacts at a medieval monastery, a book has revealed. Rushen Abbey was founded as a Cistercian monastery in A.D. 1134 on the Isle of Man—a ...

Students joined archaeologists in a multi-year excavation of a medieval monastery in England. Screengrab from University of Reading's Facebook post In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of the ...

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 144/145 (2014—2015), pp. 45-59 (15 pages) Debates about the possibility of urbanism at monasteries in early medieval Ireland have been ...

Centuries before Americans took to gardening as a hobby, St. Benedict, the great founder of Western monasticism, made gardens important in his monasteries. Most flowers, plants and herbs were for ...