Explore England’s places of worship and you’ll find masterpieces of design, some of the world’s most beautiful stained-glass windows and a host of astonishing murals, monuments and carvings spanning over a thousand years of turbulent history – as a fascinating new book reveals. The National Churches Trust teamed up with prolific church photographer Matthew Byrne … Read more
A 3,000-year-old gold ceremonial mask, possibly worn by a priest and used for sacrificial purposes, is one of more than 500 items unearthed from six rectangular pits in China. The priceless cultural relics – unearthed at the Sanxingdui archaeological site in the province of Sichuan, southwest China – also include bird-shaped ornaments, two kinds of silk … Read more
Bronze Age people had a tradition of retaining and curating human remains as relics, and they’d keep them for several generations, a new study has found. A team from the University of Bristol used radiocarbon dating and CT scans on Bronze Age discoveries found throughout the UK dating back 4,500 years. Among the discoveries were … Read more