CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 14:05 pm. Researchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an ...

The rediscovered high altar thus serves as proof of a previously unknown connection between Rome and Jerusalem, with significant implications for European art history. At over 3.5 meters wide, we have ...

The altar, at more than 11 feet long, is the largest medieval altar known, he said. Berkovich and his team hope that additional research will reveal which Cosmatesque master was behind the work.

Archaeologists excavating medieval monastery ruins in Larunbe unearthed unique 1,900-year-old altar dedicated to Basque deity, photos show.

Hidden behind a stone slab covered in graffiti, archaeologists at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre found a long-lost altar from the Crusades. It was discovered that the altar, which had ...

The marble altar was reportedly an imposing and beautiful piece of work, adorned with unusual carvings by stonemasons. It was so impressive that pilgrims in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries were ...

Medieval Altar Uncovered at England’s Exeter Cathedral. News July 30, 2023 ... A deep backfilled area behind the altar may be an eleventh-century Norman crypt, ...

Archaeologists excavating medieval monastery ruins in Larunbe unearthed unique 1,900-year-old altar dedicated to Basque deity, photos show.

A LONG-LIST medieval altar thought to be destroyed in a fire has been discovered at one the holiest Christian churches in the world. Construction workers made the sensational discovery at a church … ...

A LONG-LIST medieval altar thought to be destroyed in a fire has been discovered at one the holiest Christian churches in the world. Construction workers made the sensational discovery at a church … ...

Archaeologists excavating medieval monastery ruins in Larunbe unearthed unique 1,900-year-old altar dedicated to Basque deity, photos show.

The altar, at more than 11-feet long, is the largest medieval altar currently known, he said. Berkovich and his team hope that additional research will reveal which Cosmatesque master was behind ...