In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries ...

There’s something unforgettable about medieval monasteries: they weren’t just places of worship—they were fortresses of faith ...

New research reveals a forgotten side of medieval Christianity—one rooted not in cathedrals, but in fields, forests, and ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

The mold was discovered during excavations at a Slavic fort in Berling-Spandau in 1983, and is considered one of the oldest ...

Gizmodo reports that volunteer archaeological conservator Juliane Rangnow discovered a medieval bronze wheel cross […] ...

Fine analysis of over a thousand human remains in the Nile Valley has revealed a previously unknown practice: facial tattooing of very young children during the early centuries of the Christian era.

Master of Saint Augustine, "Scenes from the Life of St. Augustine of Hippo" (c. 1490), central panel of a triptych Belgium, Bruges (all photos courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum unless otherwise ...

Early Christian sources differ on how many Magi visited the infant Jesus, and whether they were kings at all. "The Magi Journeying" by James Tissot. Tradition has landed on three wise men for the ...