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1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Reliquary Unearthed in Austria Features Rare Biblical Scenes
Archaeologists in Austria have uncovered an extraordinary 1,500-year-old Christian ivory reliquary—one of the rarest artifacts of Late Antiquity—during excavations at a forgotten church in Irschen, southern Austria. The discovery was made in 2022 beneath the altar of an early Christian church on Burgbichl hill by a team from the University of Innsbruck, led by archaeologist…