cultural-heritage

St Georges Guildhall in King's Lynn, Norfolk , England was built around 1420 as a guildhall for a religious fellowship (not to be confused with merchant and craft  guilds which served a different  purpose) in King's Lynn. Religious guilds and the closely related chantries were dissolved by Edward  VI in 1547 at which time the guildhall became the property of Lynn Corporation (the dissolution was …

There are striking differences between the classic description of the scapegoat ritual found in Leviticus 16 and later renderings of this rite in rabbinic and early Christian authors. For instance, several enigmatic additions to the Levitical blueprint of the scapegoat ritual appear in later interpretations of this rite found in mishnaic, targumic, and talmudic accounts, especially in the descrip…

Accounts of Jesus’s baptism found in the synoptic gospels reveal some sim- ilarities with Jewish biblical theophanies, including the one found in the first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel

A centuries-old Egyptian artifact has revealed a hidden handprint that survived thousands of years untouched.

The symposium officially launched the IIR’s new strength in arts, culture, and storytelling, which complements its longtime focus on the gathering and dissemination of quantitative data about immigrant contributions to the United States.

It took 139 years to understand what caused the mysterious “Angel’s Glow” at the Battle of Shiloh.

Special, secretive operation will ship 11th-century artwork across Channel without jolts, bumps or shakes As the Bayeux tapestry wends its way across the Channel in a top secret operation there will be no jolts, no bumps, no shakes or vibrations – unlike the voyage of William the Conqueror whose 1066 victory at Hastings the artefact recounts. “Nothing has been left to chance,” Catherine Pégard, t…

This study reports the newly discovered Acheulean site of Jalindri (JLD), along the Great Boundary Fault (GBF) zone at the southeastern margins of the Thar Desert. A techno-typological and morphometric analysis of Large Cutting Tools (LCTs), primarily bifacial implements, was undertaken to examine variability within the assemblage and assess patterns of blank selection and reduction strategies. M…

One of the most important surviving Anglo-Saxon royal seals, belonging to Edward the Confessor, was thought to be lost after it went missing 40 years ago. CA reports on newly published research which describes the circumstances of the object’s rediscovery and offers illuminating insights into its innovative imagery.

An electromechanical marvel called the Bombe decrypted thousands of WWII messages.

Animal trials took place across Europe from the Late Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century. In this excerpt from "Cats: A History", Rod Phillips explores this strange practice, and looks why cats appear to have been largely law-abiding.

by Alexander Larman Today, Eaton Square is London’s most sought-after address due to its beautiful garden squares and its location just minutes away from Buckingham Palace. In his new book, The Secrets of Eaton Square, Windsor biographer Alexander Larman reveals the scandalous social and political history of Eaton Square that begins in the eighteenth century […] The post Featured Excerpt: <i>The …

The conversion of disused religious temples through cultural programs constitutes one of the most compelling adaptive reuse strategies in contemporary urban planning. This functional compatibility seems to be rooted in the specific characteristics of churches : their central naves offer large-scale, clear floor plans and monumental cross-sections that easily accommodate the volumetric requirement…

La Biennale di Venezia has inaugurated the new home of its Historical Archive – International Centre for Research on Contemporary Arts at the Arsenale , relocating the institution's archival collections and research activities to a restored complex within one of its principal exhibition sites. The opening introduces a new permanent headquarters for the archive, bringing together facilities for co…

Among the primordial narratives of Genesis, few passages have generated as much speculation, theological interpretation, and symbolic reinterpretation as the account of Babel in Genesis 11:1–9. Though often reduced to a children’s tale about pride or a philosophical myth explaining the diversity of languages, the ancient textual tradition surrounding Babel reveals a far deeper and more unsettling…

Painted markings inside a Welsh cave have been confirmed as Britain's oldest known rock art after being written off as a natural quirk a century ago. The horizontal red bands adorning the walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles on the Gower peninsula, date back approximately 17,100 years. An international team of archaeologists used dating techniques to establish the age of the pigments, supporting…

A new analysis of red lines inside a cave in Wales suggest they were made deliberately by ancient humans some 17,000 years ago

Scientific Data, Published online: 30 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07527-2 A dataset of geographic entities and relationships from Song Dynasty texts on Lin’an

2026 marks the 90th anniversary of the Francoist uprising and the beginning of the Spanish civil war. An estimated 120,000-150,000 people disappeared during Franco’s repression, their remains scattered across 2,567 mass graves. The far right’s entry into regional governments, as in Extremadura, is dismantling the historical memory laws that allow for reparations for victims of the disappearances.…

At the edge of the Limfjord in Northern Jutland, Denmark, Doverodde Købmandsgård is being transformed into a new cultural and landscape destination. Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has designed two closely intertwined projects for the site: SMK Thy and the Nature Village, together forming a new meeting point between art, landscape, and community. The historic merchant estate at Doverodde is one of the …