Every year since 2012, the French have voted to crown Le Village Préféré des Français, aka " The Favorite Village of the ...

A decade-long excavation project uncovered around 120,000 artifacts at a medieval monastery, a book has revealed. Rushen Abbey was founded as a Cistercian monastery in A.D. 1134 on the Isle of Man—a ...

A woman disappears, “taken by wind.” A one-eyed priest frantically carves a feminine-looking crucifix for an abbey chapel, hoping it will absolve his sins. A group of nuns hides a text of mystical ...

Excavations at the medieval Beaumont Abbey in France have revealed nearly 800 years of history before the French Revolution shut it down. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Ahead of construction in Northern Ireland, a team of archaeologists conducted a “very complex” excavation. “Looking at the site before we started, it was clear that this was an area that could have ...

The intrinsically civilizational dimension of Christianity in Europe is best captured when visiting iconic religious sites that came into being even before the countries that house them were ...

Medieval structure hidden beneath Fountains Abbey revealed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the most tranquil spots in ...

PANNONHALMA, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could ...

One of the major realizations of the Anthropocene era has been the importance of biodiversity for the functioning of the ...

Archaeologists discovered 146 skeletons at the site of what was once a medieval church’s cemetery in Northern Ireland. Photo from Gahan and Long Archaeological Services Ahead of construction in ...