A man doing home construction in Germany has discovered a rare boulder with a 12th-century carving — a "picture stone" that may depict a Christian bishop who visited the area around 800 years ago.
The medieval find is a "sensation," as there are only about 20 other known picture stones in the region, Detlef Jantzen, chief archaeologist of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the state where it was found, told Live Science. Known in German as "bildstein," these stones have been found along the Baltic coast in parts of what is now Germany and Poland. While they vary in style and form, they typically show people with a few identifying attributes, such as clothing.
