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Archaeology

Our collection of articles on the study, recovery, and scientific investigation of the material remains that can illuminate both our reading of the Scriptures and our understanding of tradition.

Daniel Esparza

Unearthed secrets: The medieval wonders beneath Notre Dame

King Solomon amulet - Karabük University

Daniel Esparza

Ancient amulet shows King Solomon defeating the devil

Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia

Daniel Esparza

1,500-year-old basilica unearthed in Aquileia

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Daniel Esparza

Medieval frescoes discovered in Slovak church

Daniel Esparza

Megiddo Mosaic: Earliest evidence of Jesus proclaimed as God

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Daniel Esparza

You know the baldachin, but do you know St. Peter’s Chair?

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Daniel Esparza

The Apollo de Belvedere returns: A masterpiece restored

Medieval armenian Noravank monastery complex in winter Armenia

Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists uncover early Christian church in Armenia

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Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists find 14th-century church in Bulgaria

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Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists in Egypt find sword tied to biblical Exodus

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Daniel Esparza

The ruins of Kilwinning Abbey: Saints, legends, and history

Bones, Memento Mori

J-P Mauro

The bishop who found St. James, started Camino Pilgrimage

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Daniel Esparza

Medieval church ruins found in forgotten village near Munich

Celebration of the 1,700 years of St. John Lateran Basilica, with Cardinal Vicar Angelo De Donatis presiding over the Capitular Holy Mass.

Daniel Esparza

Ancient walls discovered near Rome’s oldest Basilica

Bazylika Grobu Bożego w Jerozolimie

Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists find ancient moat fortifying biblical Jerusalem

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Daniel Esparza

Ancient burials discovered at Posa Monastery site

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Daniel Esparza

Ancient ivory reliquary unearthed in Austrian hilltop church

Family of Neanderthals in forest

J-P Mauro

Neanderthal with Down syndrome was cared for by family

Daniel Esparza

Newly added manuscripts on Switzerland’s e-codices platform

Daniel Esparza

Earliest known ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ fragment found in Germany

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