The National Museum of Ireland has launched a landmark exhibition exploring early medieval Ireland and its impact on Europe, called 'Words on the Wave: Ireland and St Gallen in Early Medieval Europe'.

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Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world.

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THE top historic attractions around the UK have been revealed and and beautiful former monastery in Yorkshire has come out on top. Which? asked 3,000 people what their favourite historic ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) The Vatican would beg to differ — since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned ... stand in the Pontiff’s private library in the Vatican, Italy, March 11 ...

This sentiment is further enshrined in the Latin designation for its medieval monastery, Monasterium Belli loci Regis – "the Beautiful Place of the King." The spiritual seeds of Beaulieu Abbey were ...

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Discovered in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt, the Nag Hammadi Library is a collection of ancient texts that has ...