4,000-Year-Old Stonehenge-like Sanctuary Unearthed in the Netherlands – ARTnews.com

Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious sanctuary in the central Netherlands made of burial mounds and ancient offerings of human and animal bones that has striking similarities to Stonehenge. The 4,000-year-old site was discovered in the town of Tiel and, like prehistoric stone circle Stonehenge, tracked the position of the sun on the solstices. “The largest…

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A Tiny Bavarian Town in Germany Might Have a Previously Unknown Work by Lucas Cranach the Younger Hiding in Its Collection

A painting of Christ belonging to the church of St. Salvator in the quaint Bavarian town of Bettbrunn—population 261—may be the work of German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Younger. The attribution is straightforward: in the painting’s upper portion and directly beneath the year 1570, written out in Roman numerals, are the letters “L.C”. This…

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