VELIKY NOVGOROD, Russia — The note, from father to son, was the sort of routine shopping list that today would be dashed off on a smartphone. In 14th-century Russia, it ...

VELIKY NOVGOROD, Russia — The note, from father to son, was the sort of routine shopping list that today would be dashed off on a smartphone. In 14th-century Russia, it was etched into the bark ...

VELIKY NOVGOROD, Russia - The note, from father to son, was the sort of routine shopping list that today would be dashed off on a smartphone. In 14th-century Russia, it was etched into the bark of ...

It is from these scraps of birch bark, uncovered by archaeologists, that we meet Onfim. Living in 13th-century Novgorod, Onfim was about seven years old when he made the art he's known for today.

Although medieval Novgorod is hidden under an asphalt coating and the buildings of the present-day city, local geological and climatic conditions make an almost perfect environment for the ...

In 1951, archaeologists in Novgorod discovered the first Old Russian birch-bark texts, and more than 1,200 of them have been found to date. Before the availability of paper, soft birch bark was ...

On Wednesday, one of Russia’s largest museums, the Novgorod State Museum, will present a treasure from the X-XI centuries that was found on the coast of Novgorod’s Lake Ilmen at the exhibition ...