Archaeologists excavating a medieval monastery in Spain unearthed a unique 1,900-year-old Roman altar dedicated to a Basque deity, photos show. Photo from Juantxo Agirre via Aranzadi Science Society ...

The front panel of the Crusader high altar as it looks today. Around two thirds of the original stone slab have been preserved. The altar was decorated with two figures, so-called quincunx. With five ...

Researchers believe the elaborate looping ornaments they found on the long-hidden part of the slab indicate it was once the decorated front of a medieval high altar. Pressed against a wall in a back ...

Researchers excavating Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre said on Wednesday they have rediscovered the main section of the medieval high altar that stood in the church’s Crusader-era apex, ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland's medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece ...

A LONG-LIST medieval altar thought to be destroyed in a fire has been discovered at one the holiest Christian churches in the world. Construction workers made the sensational discovery at a church in ...

EXETER, ENGLAND—Excavations in the choir area at Exeter Cathedral led by cathedral archaeologist John Allan have uncovered foundations of a Christian high altar dated to the early twelfth century, ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS say they have found the remains of a medieval altar at the Chapel of St Fergus at Dyce, on the outskirts of Aberdeen. The ruined church is already well known for Pictish symbol stones ...