Experts find rare murals from Crusader era in Syria

Friday, October 16, 2009

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Archaeologists have discovered two Crusader-era murals depicting heaven and hell in a medieval church on Syria's coast -- a rare find that could reveal new information about the Christian knights who battled Muslims for control of the Holy Land hundreds of years ago.

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