This mural—found on the east wall of the south transept in the Augsburg Cathedral—depicts the beheading of St. John the Baptist. Angelika Porst / Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of ...

Two murals in the Augsburg cathedral are being hailed as "art history treasures." Although the paintings of John the Baptist were first found in the 1930s, their age remained a mystery — until now.

More than 80 years ago, workers in a cathedral in the Bavarian city of Augsburg uncovered a previously unknown pair of murals depicting the life and death of St. John the Baptist. But exactly how ...