Dig at UK housing site may have yielded grave of early female Christian religious leader
London, UKAP A 1,300-year-old gold and gemstone necklace found on the site of a new housing development marks the grave of a powerful woman who may have been an early Christian religious leader in Britain, archaeologists said Tuesday. Experts say the necklace, uncovered with other items near Northampton in central England, is part of the […]
Essay: The Lindisfarne Gospels – the story of how a medieval masterpiece was made
SOPHIE KELLY, a lecturer in the history of art at the University of Bristol, looks at the history and beauty of the Lindisfarne Gospels, currently on show at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle, UK…
Long-lost Dark Ages abbey may have been found in Scotland
The remains of a long-lost abbey founded in what is now south-east Scotland by a Northumbrian princess during the 7th century may have been discovered in an archaeological dig. Excavations led by DigVentures have unearthed traces of a huge circular ditch at a site in Coldingham where the abbey, founded by Aebbe, an Anglo-Saxon princess […]
ESSAY: 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE REAL ST PATRICK
As St Patrick’s Day is marked around the world, history professor LISA BITEL, in an essay first published on The Conversation, looks at the life of St Patrick…