Medieval art can sometimes surprise you, with its rich colors
and expressive subjects. But sometimes, you're also caught off
guard by the shock of noticing the presence of a guy in a
spaceship in a painting of the crucifixion. Find out why there
are so many UFOs in paintings from hundreds of years ago. So,
you are wandering around the streets of Metohia, Yugoslavia, as
one does, and decide to spend some time in the Visoki Decani
Monastery. You take in the atmosphere slowly, looking at the
thickness of the walls — built in 1330 and still standing — and
the wooden sarcophagus of King Stefan. And gradually you come up
to the altar, looking at the fresco above it. Reading the
informational sign next to it, you see that it was completed in
1350, which, you think, is fine, but could someone explain to
you why someone in 1350 was doodling space ships above the scene
of the crucifixion? To the left of Jesus, in the sky, is
something that looks like a comet with a multifaceted trail
behind it. One side, though, is tra