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Russian and Kyrgyz Scientists Explore a Drowned Medieval City

06/09/2026

Russian and Kyrgyz scientists are exploring the ruins of the medieval trading center of Turu-Aygyr, submerged in the waters of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan for centuries. Their findings were first reported by the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) last November, when …

Метки : археологияиссык-кульсредневековьешёлковый путьисламраскопки

King Arthur Manuscript in a Private Collection Is Coming to Auction

05/27/2026

Christie’s Valuable Books and Manuscripts auction in July will feature a holy grail, both figuratively and literally in the form of a 13th-century illuminated manuscript devoted to “the epic tale of the quest for the Holy Grail, the story of …

Метки : манускриптсредневековьесвятой граальаукционchristie'sтайна

Archaeologists Unearth 10th-Century Cemetery in Northern Poland

10/22/2025

Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered a 10th-century cemetery containing the remains of 24 people during gas pipeline construction near the village of Borkowo, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The discovery, first reported by Science in Poland, was made by researchers from …

Метки : археологияпольшакладбищесредневековьепогребальные находкиисторические открытия

20,000 Medieval Coins Discovered by Man Digging for Worms

10/15/2025

A man digging for worms during a stay at his summer house near Stockholm unearthed something else instead: a cache of up to 20,000 silver coins from the Early Middle Ages, as well as pearls, pendants, and rings. The haul …

Метки : сокровищаархеологияистория.стокгольмсредневековьенаходки

Picasso's 'Demoiselles' May Not Have Been Inspired by African Art

07/28/2025

New scholarship suggests that a pivotal Pablo Picasso painting—one that helped spur on modernism more broadly—may have been inspired by Medieval church frescoes in the Spanish Pyrenees rather than African art, as many art historians have previously suggested. The canvas …

Метки : пикассосовременное искусствоисследованиякультурное наследиесредневековьеискусствоведение