According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

New pictures of coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Colombia help tell the story of the ship's journey.

Colombian academics have used high-definition images of coins to identify the ship as the San José, which was heading from ...

Jerusalem Cross, Pillars of Hercules: Underwater drones capture pristine gold on lost galleon San José. ... silver and uncut gemstones bound for Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes far beyond its cathedral and famous pilgrimage.

Controversial excavations under the Holy City uncover layers of history and stoke long-standing tensions. Below the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter, Father Samuel ...

Pirates and the loot they plundered have long fascinated us. Stories like "Treasure Island" and movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean" have helped increase the popularity of these sea raiders. In this ...

The galleon was laden with up to 200 tons (180 metric tons) of gold, silver and uncut gemstones when it sank, and the treasure's modern value may be as high as $17 billion, Live Science previously ...

A spectacular find off the coast of Colombia has provided a rare glimpse into the riches of one of the most valuable shipwrecks in history. The San José, a Spanish galleon that sank more than 300 ...

The Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Philip de Mezières, gave this school in Venice a piece of the True Cross in 1369. A reliquary was built to house the fragment, and a miracle is supposed to ...

Gold-to-silver ratio breaking down as silver surges! Is this the start of a new boom for early-stage mining companies? Experts weigh in on the shifting tides.

The common practice is to use silver coins, whether silver dollars minted in the U.S. or special silver coins minted now in Israel with the proper silver content, concluded Rabbi Dayan. Where this is ...