It was commonly believed that amethysts could shield one from intoxication, poison, nightmares, betrayal, deception, imprisonment, loss of sight, witchcraft, and suffocation.

Hearth, a new three-year community regeneration programme, will launch in Bishop Auckland on Saturday 26th July, with a free, ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered "sensational" 18th-century heraldic tiles beneath a Polish monastery, featuring rare glazed designs with bishop's coat of arms dating from 1711-1730.

Any shield at all would be preferable to keeping the un-heraldic D-Pine as the chief symbol of our College on the Hill. It is embarrassing and it reflects badly on Dartmouth as a school when the “Ivy ...

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A HERALDIC shield dug up in the back garden of a Winchester property has been identified almost 40 years after it was discovered. Peter Gillespie found the shield while digging in the garden of his ...

It's got swords, shields, bows and arrows, siege weapons, and a few mild anachronisms like jewel-encrusted assault rifles and electricity-powered autocrossbows.

The transformation of these medieval shields into current buhurt fighting equipment is an intriguing combination of historical accuracy and modern ingenuity. Today’s combat shields are both defensive ...

Left: Original Targaryen Sigil, Right: Updated Targaryen Sigil “Muchof the confusion about the propernumber of legs on a dragon has its roots in medieval heraldry,” Martin wrote.