The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...
Credit: Vatican Media Bernini’s Baroque Masterpiece Bernini’s monumental reliquary for the chair, commissioned by Pope Alexander VII and completed in 1666, is one of the most iconic artworks ...
Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen are two sculptures by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. They sit in the Chigi Chapel of Siena Cathedral. The statues were commissioned as part of the chapel by ...
Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...
Before battling the mighty Persians, Alexander the Great paid homage at the tomb of the greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan ...
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'Purple tunic' from royal tomb belonged to Alexander the Great, scholar claims — but not everyone agreesA fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the ...
The famous conqueror’s burial location remains a mystery, but new research claims that material found in one of the iconic ...
A fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the Great, a new study claims. The remains of a garment from an ancient tomb ...
A recent discovery in Tomb II at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, has revealed what appears to be the sacred “chiton” or tunic of Alexander the Great, a finding that could change the historical ...
Initially thought to be the resting place of Philip II, Alexander's father, new evidence suggests that the tomb may have housed Philip III Arrhidaeus, Alexander's half-brother and successor.
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