Archaeology & History Unassuming Slab Is Identified as Long Lost Medieval Altar. A stone slab in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is more than it seemed.

A long-lost altar dating from the times of the crusades was discovered hidden in plain sight by archaeologists at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem — one of the holiest sites in ...

For years, a neglected stone slab, which tourists had been scribbling graffiti on, leaned against a wall. When turned over, it was revealed to be a medieval crusader altar, consecrated in 1149.

The rails were made in Italy from the same quarries used to source the stone for the church’s altar. Father De Celles has found that “about 80%-90% of the people kneel.” ...

The long lost altar of a church at the site deemed the holiest among Christians has been discovered after hiding in plain sight - it had been leaning up against a wall for centuries.

At the heart of the newly expanded Romanesque church was a remarkable new high altar. We know from 16th, 17th, and 18th-century pilgrim accounts about a magnificent marble altar in Jerusalem, says ...

The relics placed inside the new altar of the Church of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant in Kiryat Yearim, which was dedicated by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of ...

KOCHI: It is the smell of burning candles and incense floating with the gentle breeze that greets you as you slowly climb the ...

CHAMPAIGN — The congregation at Holy Cross Catholic Church had a new view for the Feast of Saint Joseph Mass on Wednesday evening, after the altar and other stone fixtures were moved practically ...

As the quest to find the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone heats up, researchers rule out one Scottish site that appeared to have a direct link to the monument.

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.