The manuscript consists of the four Christian gospels written in Latin and is famed for its rich illustrations and masterful ...

Viking men from across Scandinavia were the first settlers of the Faroe Islands, geneticists reveal. The ancient Vikings ...

There, Celtic monks found their solace in spiritual isolation 1,400 years ago. I have never been on Skellig Michael, though I have come close four times. Each time I was thwarted by high seas.

They probably weren’t the first to do so: archaeologists have found evidence that these islands had been inhabited since approximately 300 CE, possibly by Celtic monks or others from the British ...

The island was first inhabited in the mid-Stone Age and has been occupied by monks since the 6th Century. The Celtic inhabitants called it Ynys Byr, after Celtic pioneer St Pyr, but the name was ...

This illustrated version of the gospels was created around A.D. 800 by Celtic monks. The manuscripts' pages come to life with vibrantly hued depictions of Christ and his followers, bordered by ...