Mercury was used to treat diseases with symptoms that manifested themselves on the skin. One such disease was syphilis, which was widespread at the time and was treated by the administration of mercury vapour and a mercury-containing skin tonic. Leprosy was another common disease with skin lesions, so might well have been treated with mercury. […]

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A team of archaeologists is hoping to solve a centuries-old mystery and discover the remains of two medieval ancient towns in Carmarthenshire.

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Vatican Splendors from Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Swiss Guard will be at the Western Reserve Historical Society through September 7.

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Contractors laying pipelines in Reepham, Norfolk, found 63 skeletons from the town’s old graveyard.

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Italian archaeologists have discovered a perfectly preserved skeleton of a 1400-year-old Lombard warrior, buried with his horse. The skeleton, which was found in a park at Testona, near Turin, is of a 25-year-old Lombard who died of a fever. Unusually, his horse was buried alongside him.
…The dig revealed a Lombard camp had settled at Testona, […]

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The Goldsmiths’ Company presents their summer exhibition, Treasures of the English Church: Sacred Gold and Silver 800-2000, at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London through July 12.

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