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Priceless Christian relics have been discovered in a secret chamber of a monastery that allegedly includes a nail used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Archaeologists working in the Milevsko monastery in the Czech Republic found a six-inch long piece of nail inside a box adorned with a 21-karat gold cross. The box was built … Read more
Ghost hunters have captured chilling images at a former monastery believed to be the spirit of England’s ‘Lost Queen’ who was destined for the throne after Elizabeth I. Paranormal investigators captured one of their members coming face-to-face with a spooky apparition at historic Rufford Abbey in Sherwood Forest, Notts., last week. Retford Ghost Hunters believe … Read more
Something to celebrate? Case of wine is dropped off at monastery where Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night of freedom after 400 days in jail – before a nun picks it up and carries it inside Television crews camped outside the Kew monastery captured the drop-off Cardinal George Pell was released from jail … Read more
One of the oldest swords in the world that was mislabelled in a museum on the Saint Lazarus Island, Venice, is around 5,000 years old, according to a new study. The ultra-rare sword, which doesn’t resemble most ancient weapons in the world, was made around the year 3000BC and came from eastern Turkey. However, the … Read more
The world’s oldest weapon? 5,000-year-old Anatolian sword is discovered in the Armenian Monastery of Venice after being mislabelled as ‘Medieval’ The sword from the end of the 4th century BC was held in a Venice museum A PhD student saw the sword in a medieval section but thought it much older The sword has been reassessed and dates from … Read more