Adjacent to the Glasgow Cathedral, the Necropolis is comparatively new, dating back to 1830s, while the cathedral is several hundred years older. Approximately 50,000 people are interred here ...
Glasgow and the wider area has some incredible historic buildings that you can visit. Glasgow Cathedral, with its important role in the timeline of the city, is obviously one of the best known but ...
Long before the days of the M8 ring road, Glasgow was accessed by 12 old gates which served as the main portals into the city ...
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Travelers express astonishment at this museum's near pitch-perfection. The Burrell Collection's glass walls not only encase a variety of objects and artworks, but they also usher in the ...
The American “Archaeology Magazine” listed the necropolis discovered around the Aga Khan Mausoleum west of Aswan, which dates back to the Late Period and Greco-Roman eras, as one of the 10 most ...
A primary school in Motherwell recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. Cathedral Primary School marked the milestone with a special Mass on January 31, the Feast of St John Bosco. The Mass, which ...
On Jan. 9, Carter’s casket arrived at the steps of the Washington National Cathedral. It was draped in an American flag and borne by a special military honor guard. Before entering the towering ...
In his sermon, the Rev L. Maclean Watt, D.D., of Glasgow Cathedral, spoke of the special circumstances under which the congregation was assembled. The Herald noted: “Alluding to the sacred ...
“This discovery is of particular importance for our statehood, as it shows the location of Vilnius Cathedral as the necropolis of the elite of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,” the statement continue ...
Archaeologists working on the site of an old convent’s garden in Dijon, France, have discovered a strange group of Gallic graves and a children’s necropolis dating back over 2,000 years.