How humans moved large rocks to construct monuments has fueled many theories, even though it is a matter of physics and coordinated efforts by a large workforce. A more interesting concept to explore ...

CHRISTIAN AID’s 80th anniversary was commemorated in a service at Westminster Abbey on Thursday, with a celebration of the ...

As you enter Westminster Abbey on Palm Sunday, everything might appear just as usual. The same soaring columns, the same painted screen ... Minor Canon and Sacrist at the Abbey, reflects on the Arma ...

From 1066 to 2023, Westminster Abbey has served as a coronation site to over 30 English and British monarchs, ... Italian-inspired stonework and lays behind the High Altar.

An Ethiopian tablet sealed inside an altar in London’s Westminster Abbey should be returned to its home country, say abbey officials, setting in motion the possible restitution of the sacred object.

In the months before King Charles III was crowned on May 6 2023, Westminster Abbey announced that the public would be able to see its fabled Cosmati pavement up close – in their socks.. The 13th ...

The location of the coronation ceremony is close to the Abbey’s High Altar. As part of a Holy Communion service, the coronation is where the monarch makes promises to the people as well as God.

The great pavement in front of the High Altar of Westminster Abbey was laid down in 1268 by order of Henry III. The workmen came from Rome, and created the great pavement which is made of onyx ...

Inside Westminster Abbey for Coronation and exactly where King Charles will be ... positioned to the south side of the High Altar and is where most of the activity takes place during the ...

Buckingham Palace has released a map of inside Westminster Abbey - showing where the King will be crowned tomorrow.. The graphic is mapped onto an image looking across the royal church - with the ...

Westminster Abbey as prepared for Henry IV’s coronation in 1399, the first in which St Edward’s Chair (1) is securely known to have been used for the anointing. Note the open plan of the interior ...

Westminster Abbey has closed for two weeks to be transformed ... it has been revealed that a special tribute will be paid to the late Queen and Prince Philip through the foliage on the High Altar.