Dignitaries, detail from Theodora and her entourage, mosaic, south wall of the apse, Basilica of San Vitale (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1996), Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. Italy, 6th century. Dignitaries ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "unique" ancient Roman drinking vessel mysteriously embedded in an Anglo-Saxon burial from the early 6th century A.D. The burial is one of 49 that were interred ...

Archaeologists uncovered a massive observatory in Egypt they say is the largest ever found from the sixth century BC. The site included multiple sun dial stones and inscriptions tied to astronomy.

Archaeologists have unearthed a cache of sixth-century coins in Phanagoria, an ancient Greek city located in what is today southwestern Russia. 80 copper staters—a type of Greek coin—were found in an ...

Jonathan Wooding is member of the Diocesan Tourism Working Party of the Diocese of St Davids. He has previously worked in conjuction with St Davids Cathedral and Diocese on historical projects. Helen ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Two enigmatic 1,500-year-old human figurines carved in rare ebony wood from India or Sri Lanka and likely made in Africa have been uncovered in the Negev, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced ...

The stories peddled by QAnon supporters today strike an all too familiar chord. Not only are many of their narratives routed in late medieval “blood libel,” but the way they manage to straddle the ...