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Why would any serious medievalist turn his/her attention to this most spurious object, the medieval chastity belt, and examine its alleged reality and dissemination all over the world?

Fall 2015 marks the first semester that McGill is offering an interdisciplinary Medieval Studies minor. This new minor concentration consolidates courses pertaining to the medieval millennium (approximately 500 to 1500 C.E.), including history, literature, art history, religion, philosophy, Islamic studies, and Jewish studies.

Carbon dating of walrus bones found in Snæfellsnes peninsula indicates that the bones are at least 2000 years old. A large number of walrus skulls and walrus tusks have been found around Garðafjara beach on the south coast Snæfellsnes. The first skull was discovered 1884.

The Emerging Scholar Award program was launched late in 2006 to acknowledge the accomplishments of WMU faculty members who are among the rising stars in U.S. higher education.

A model maker from Loughborough is behind a dramatic recreation of the Battle of Agincourt going on show at the Tower of London this month. October 25 will be the 600th anniversary of the battle, in which Henry V defeated the French, and the Royal Armouries wanted to have a scale model of the battle involving more than 4,300 inch-tall figures.

Archaeologists excavate a grave near Lichfield Cathedral. Most of the remains of the people in the graves show that the individuals were buried lying on their backs. Credit: Archaeology Warwickshire | Warwickshire County Council The skeletal remains of about 50 medieval individuals have been discovered in shallow graves near the pilgrimage site of a famous seventh-century saint in England.

According to written records and supported by dendrochronology and archaeological evidence, for 12-18 months in AD 536-537, a thick, persistent dust veil or dry fog darkened the skies between Europe and Asia Minor.

Funded by a £1,500 grant from Braintree District Council's Mi community initiative, Stour Valley Community Archaeology employed professional archaeologists from Access Cambridge Archaeology from the University of Cambridge for the September 11-13 dig. Laure Bonner, the group's chairperson, said: "This is a complex site, potentially of national importance, and their expertise is required.

It is 9,000 years old, give or take a few sips, made purely from fermented honey, yeast and water, but it tastes new. Mead is making an unlikely comeback and is poised to become the next craft obsession among hipster drinkers from Shoreditch to Brooklyn.