Archaeologists have put together a funding bid to restore rare medieval wall paintings in a church in a North Yorkshire town.

A small band of medieval painting behind the bust of Anne Cottington in St Paul's chapel was uncovered in 1952 during cleaning. It consists of red foliage in circular patterns with a green band above.

The newly uncovered painting depicts a motif that was popular in the late Middle Ages. In the artwork, the Archangel Gabriel drives a unicorn into a closed garden and into the lap ...

Medieval castles were not bare stone inside like today's ruins. Instead, walls were plastered and decorated with paint, while floors were tiled. This clip is from the BBC Two series, Secrets of ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...