As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval walls ...

A large-scale excavation in the middle of Berlin has uncovered artifacts and structures dating back eight centuries, including the foundations and machinery of the city’s first electrical plant, which ...

In the historic city of Freiburg, Germany, archaeologists have discovered a medieval toy shop dating back to the 14th century ...

Excavation of the medieval Jewish cemetery in Erfurt, Germany. By excavating ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once-thriving medieval Ashkenazi ...

The U.N. body also honored a ruins site near the West Bank city of Jericho, angering Israeli officials by describing its location as in the “State of Palestine.” (JTA) — A United Nations committee ...

Long ago I gave up looking for an untouristy, half-timbered medieval German town, but a few years back I stumbled upon it in the sleepy town of Erfurt. The capital of the German region of Thuringia, ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany's Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval walls ...