The 800-year-old church has suffered significant damage ... Excavations also unearthed the ruins of an earlier church building, likely dating to the 10th or 11th century. A photo shows these ...

researchers searched the ruins of a church. Buried under the altar, they found a “marble shrine” measuring about 8 by 12 inches and containing fragments of a 1,500-year-old ivory box.

Gabriel Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church can trace its roots back to 1866. It was built by freed Black families in Cuffeytown, the oldest self-sustaining African American community in Virginia.

In Mapanas and Palapag, Robles examined key historical sites, including the Sang-at burial site and the Old Church Ruins of Palapag. Years ago, locals discovered human skeletons on a rocky cliff ...