Monastery

Case of wine dumped at the monastery where Cardinal Pell will enjoy his first night of freedom

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Something to celebrate? Case of wine is dropped off at monastery where Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night of freedom after 400 days in jail – before a nun picks it up and carries it inside Television crews camped outside the Kew monastery captured the drop-off Cardinal George Pell was released from jail … Read more

The world’s oldest sword? 5,000-year-old Anatolian weapon discovered in Armenian Monastery of Venice

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One of the oldest swords in the world that was mislabelled in a museum on the Saint Lazarus Island, Venice, is around 5,000 years old, according to a new study.  The ultra-rare sword, which doesn’t resemble most ancient weapons in the world, was made around the year 3000BC and came from eastern Turkey. However, the … Read more