Archaeologists Found a Sacred Relic in an 800-Year-Old Shipwreck
For hundreds of years, the Balearic Islands off the coast of Spain found themselves caught between ongoing battles between the Moors and various Christian kingdoms.
A new expedition, searching for medieval treasures from this period, chanced upon three ancient shipwrecks from the 13^(th) century that contained both Moorish and Christian artifacts.
One of those shipwrecks contained a encolpium—a kind of reliquary or sacred container—that likely belonged to a high-ranking clergy member.