A Tiny Badge Lost in a Finnish Field Belongs to One of the Rarest Medieval Pilgrimage Finds
A medieval pilgrim badge found in a field in South-West Finland has been identified as part of one of the rarest known groups of devotional…
medieval Christianity
A Sealed Reliquary Cross Discovered at Ancient Lystra, a City Visited by Saint Paul
Archaeologists working in central Anatolia have uncovered a rare Christian artifact at Ancient Lystra—a sealed bronze reliquary cross, preserved exactly as it was closed nearly…
A Small Bronze Cross Is Rewriting the Early Christian History of Northeastern Germany
A modest bronze cross uncovered in western Brandenburg is prompting archaeologists to rethink how early Christianity spread across northeastern Germany during the early Middle Ages.…
A Medieval Glass Crucifixion Jewel Emerges from England’s Largest Infrastructure Dig
Beneath the future site of the Sizewell C nuclear power station, archaeologists have uncovered an object that feels unexpectedly intimate.A tiny medieval glass jewel, depicting…
A Byzantine Glass Cameo Unearthed in Britain Reveals the Global Reach of Medieval Pilgrimage
Archaeologists from Oxford Cotswold Archaeology have uncovered a small yet extraordinary Byzantine glass cameo depicting the Crucifixion of Christ, offering a rare glimpse into how…