A rare example of a tiny silver earwax scoop offers "an interesting window" into personal hygiene in medieval times. The 43mm-long (1.7in) ear-cleaning device was found by a metal detectorist in a ...

Monks were even required by religious rule to bathe several times a year — which, for the Middle Ages, was a sign of regular ...

It might sound absurd today, but in the medieval royal court, there was actually a respected position dedicated to one of the ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Medieval feces discovered at an ancient castle in Cyprus has revealed that the Crusaders suffered from a bad case of the worms, and had poor hygiene habits. Researchers from the ...

The catalog of the library of Christopher Columbus’s son, Hernando Colón, not only contains summaries of books that no longer exist, it also tells us something about the reading habits of people 500 ...

The 43mm (1.7in) long gilded silver ear scoop weighs 1.73g (0.06oz) and has tiny dots punched along its twisted handle A rare example of a tiny silver earwax scoop offers "an interesting window" into ...