Read more about the article How Christian Crusaders Were Given The Finger By Jerusalem’s Defenders
Photo shows the carved hand on the moat wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, undated. Archaeologists discovered the remains of a moat and a mysterious hand imprint outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

How Christian Crusaders Were Given The Finger By Jerusalem’s Defenders

At first glance, it seems like the touch of ancvient history reaching out to the future from the 1,000-year-old walls built in Jerusalem to defy the Crusaders. A handprint left…

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Read more about the article 13th Century Christian Crusaders Who Died Of Brutal Injuries Found Buried In Mass Graves In Lebanon
Crusader mass graves from a 13th-century attack on the port city of Sidon were discovered in Lebanon - picture shows burial 110, showing how the rectangular grave has truncated one of the earlier Iron Age stone post pads.

13th Century Christian Crusaders Who Died Of Brutal Injuries Found Buried In Mass Graves In Lebanon

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The skeletons of 25 soldiers from the 13th-century Crusades have been found in two mass graves with their bones showing marks of numerous brutal injuries inflicted by swords, arrows and…

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Read more about the article Grave Of Legendary Sultan That Three Times Fought Off Crusaders Is Found In Turkey
Remains from the graves of the Seljuk Sultan of Rum Kilij Arslan I and his daughter Saide Hatun unearthed

Grave Of Legendary Sultan That Three Times Fought Off Crusaders Is Found In Turkey

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A thousand-year-old tomb believed to belong to a legendary Sultan who defeated the Crusaders three times during the First Crusade in 1101 as they fought to free the Holy Land…

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