They were said to be the mortal enemies of dragons—just as elephants represented Christ, dragons represented the devil—and several medieval illustrations showed elephants giving birth in lakes ...

An illustration from Les faize d’Alexandre (a translation of Historiae Alexandri Magni of Quintus Curtius Rufus), Bruges, c. 1468-1475 (via Discarding Images ) Smiling skeleton, from Ars bene ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a "spectacular" gold ring from the medieval period that features an image of Christ. The artifact is among roughly 30,000 objects unearthed during excavations in the ...

V&A beats Met to acquire medieval ivory sculpture of Christ for £2m. The purchase was made possible after an export license for the Romanesque carving was deferred by the UK authorities last year.

In the movies, several scenes inside Hogwarts were filmed in the 12th-century Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford; an 1879 print of the church is on display in the exhibition.

The Clues Lie in This Medieval French Illustration The 13th-century French manuscript "Romance of the Pear" contains an early depiction of the heart as a symbol of love. Allegorical image from the ...

A centuries-old coin depicting one of the world’s most recognizable figures was recently unearthed in Bulgaria. The likeness of Jesus Christ can be seen engraved on the silver piece along with ...

Peter Jackson’s interpretation of The Lord of the Rings is so dominant in our collective consciousness that it’s easy to forget that it’s just one possible visualization of J.R.R. Tolkien ...

DEBATE around the Shroud of Turin has existed for hundreds of years, but Express.co.uk was previously told that the arguments and studies had skipped a key clue about its religious context.

The splendid illustration of the Last Judgment in the Silos Apocalypse, completed in the early 12th century, reveals how expectations about the end-time among Spanish Christians were changing.

A centuries-old coin depicting one of the world’s most recognizable figures was recently unearthed in Bulgaria. The likeness of Jesus Christ can be seen engraved on the silver piece along with ...