Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on display for the first time – here’s why it took 800 years

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to pay homage to the remains of the 11th-century saint famous for his love of the natural world.

Display of St. Francis of Assisi’s bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time. Nearly 400,000 people registered in advance to see the bone fragments.
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Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s Legendary War Elephants

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found skeletal remains linking the animals to the conflict ...

Books of the Bible

At 103-Across, [ Moses Parting the Red Sea] solves to another work of fiction, “THE PRINCE OF TIDES” by Pat Conroy, a book about the struggles of a family from the lowlands of South Carolina. Its ...