What Anita Radini noticed under the microscope was the blue—a brilliant blue that seemed so unnatural, so out of place in the 1,000-year-old dental tartar she was gently dissolving in weak acid. It ...

The communities of bacteria that live in our mouths have changed drastically since the Middle Ages, according to a new study of remains buried in a medieval Danish cemetery. And it turns out that some ...

Dental plaque from 1,000 years ago has revealed how medieval Germans suffered from the same bacterial disease as humans today. Scientists at the University of Oklahoma analysed the dental plaque from ...

Peter Martindale, a conservator of works of art specialising in wall paintings, is compiling a report on the necessary restoration work required [BBC] A church is hoping to preserve an important ...

Throughout the European medieval period books were precious goods. To make the pages various pieces of animal skin were needed. The paints and inks were extremely costly and before the invention of ...

THE last of Worcester's medieval gate plaques are set to be unveiled, marking the spot where a famous king fled for his life. The two remaining city gate plaques at St Martin's Gate and Trinity Gate ...

Tiny particles of the precious pigment lapis lazuli found in the teeth of a medieval woman suggest she was a scribe producing high-quality illustrated manuscripts. The discovery adds to evidence that ...

Fossilized dental calculi coat the teeth of a jaw dating back to about A.D. 1100, found at a medieval site in Dalheim, Germany.Christina Warriner Let plaque sit on your teeth, and it will harden into ...

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