Prague Castle was the epicenter of central Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, and finding vanilla dating back to this period aligns with the ...

While sifting through a garbage heap at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic, archaeologists uncovered a vanilla pod that's ...

Photo by J. Irmišová et al. (2025.) Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble. While it might not seem like ...