Archaeologists in Austria unearthed a rare ivory pyx and marble shrine from a 6th-century abandoned church. The pyx features unique biblical imagery, including Moses on Mount Sinai and a rare ...

Wood, a timeless and ancient building material, has been used throughout history for constructing diverse structures, from shelters and huts to houses, churches, and more. As architectural complexity ...

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BCE; peer-reviewed study matches biblical narrative, reveals Jerusalem’s wealth, power under biblical kings 2,800 years ago ...

The Boneyard in DinoLand, U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom permanently closed on September 1. Take a last look around the paleontology play area. The Boneyard was located just past the bridge from ...

The name "Crouch Oak" may come from the Middle English word crouche, meaning cross, possibly indicating its use as a boundary ...

Trump wants to do away with modernist and brutalist buildings to go back to classical forms. Modernism, however, is not ...

Practical steps include supporting indigenous place name restoration, understanding the linguistic diversity that exists within the islands, and recognizing that environmental stewardship wisdom ...

Berman, Joshua. Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Boswell, John. Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western ...

In the archaeology galleries of the Yorkshire Museum, an incredible Viking silver neck-ring takes centre stage. The ring is made of four ropes of twisted rods hammer-welded together at each end, its ...

Cecil Court’s old, red-brick walls are famous for being a book-lover’s paradise: Watkins Books (known for all things esoteric) lurks just down the road, while November Books and the Travis & Emery ...

Hidden in Wisconsin’s northwoods lies a natural masterpiece that somehow remains off most travelers’ radar. Copper Falls State Park in Mellen combines ancient geology, thundering waterfalls, and ...