Most reliquary crosses are found broken, opened, or separated, which strips away key information about how they were made and used. This one is different: it’s a two-part cross permanently sealed with ...

Archaeologists found 317 medieval and post-medieval skeletons at the site of a department store that is being remodeled into a university campus. This was hardly surprising, since even more ...

Archaeologists in Norway’s capital have unearthed thousands of leather artifacts that offer a rare glimpse into Oslo's past – and the fashion of its medieval inhabitants. The findings were recently ...

The Lough Kinale Book Shrine was discovered in an Irish lake in 1986. National Museum of Ireland In the early Middle Ages, Irish monks transported an important collection of texts to continental ...

An increasing number of jewelry designers have been incorporating ancient artifacts into contemporary designs, producing the kind of distinctive creations that people crave today. While the practice ...

Beneath Egypt’s Step Pyramid is a vast maze of tunnels, shafts, and chambers carved deep into the bedrock. In the lowest levels, rare access reveals precision stone artifacts, alabaster boxes, and ...