12th-century stone carving depicts bishop who brought Christianity to Germany
A 12th-century stone carving found in northern Germany may depict Otto of Bamberg, a bishop and missionary. A man building a house in Germany has discovered a rare 12th-century carved boulder — a “picture stone” — that may depict a Christian bishop who visited the area about 800 years ago.
Archaeologists continue to dig up medieval burial sites in Eurasia
The first medieval necropolis has been discovered in Veliky Novgorod. A 1,700-year-old “barbarian” burial site has been discovered on the border of the Roman Empire in Germany. Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered 10 kurgans, or burial mounds, dating back to the Middle Ages, and some of them have “whiskers.”