Gruesome graves and petrifying paintings - the medieval art of death. Many examples of this weird and wonderful artwork can be seen in churches and cathedrals across the UK.

Death takes the form of a skeleton, clad in drab clothing and holding a spear of sorts. It appears unfriendly, cold, but great in stature. A grey piece of cloth twists around Death’s head and carries ...

About a foot under the tombstone, crews discovered the remains of a coffin holding a full skeleton. Aleksandra Pudlo from the ...

Sometime in the mid-1440s, an as yet unidentified artist filled a wall at the entrance to Palermo’s first municipal hospital with a 19½-by-21-foot painting designed to scare people to death ...

Medieval skeleton with signs of 'decapitation' believed to be Italy's first 'torture wheel' victim. A Medieval skeleton, believed to be a male between 17 and 20 years old, was discovered alongside ...

Medieval skeleton discovered in tree suffered violent death, experts say By James Rogers Fox News Published September 16, 2015 12:15am EDT | Updated May 2, 2016 3:52pm EDT ...

Just outside of the Medieval church of the Ostrów Lednicki stronghold in Poland, archaeologists from the Museum of the First Piast at Lednica have unearthed the strange burial of a giantess. The ...

Likely out of fear of zombies and vampires, a new study suggests, people decapitated, dismembered and burned corpses to stay safe.

Researchers found that Skeleton 125 was more than 46 years old and shorter than the average medieval man. He was around 5 foot 2 or 5 foot 3. Skeleton 125 was buried more than 600 years ago, one ...

The Blanton Museum of Art in Texas is exhibiting works on paper from the 15th to 20th centuries, all representing the danse macabre, or dance of death. Close Sign In ...

This 500-year-old skeleton died with his boots on. The bones of a medieval man uncovered beside London’s River Thames show signs of a hard life and a mysterious death.

Medieval and ancient medicine we still use 15 photos The 215-year-old tree was uprooted in May in Collooney, a town in the county of Sligo, on the northwest coast of Ireland.