In the last decade, the Huqoq Excavation Project has found mosaics depicting Noah's Ark, the parting of the Red Sea, and more ...

A new archaeometric study of 66 marble artifacts from the early Byzantine villages of Porphyreon and Chhim in Lebanon reveals ...

A museum exhibit in Cyprus is featuring ancient religious relics, which include mosaics and wall frescoes that were stolen ...

Audience postponed ‘by mutual agreement’ after doctors say pontiff needs extended period of rest after spell in hospital ...

King Charles and Camilla have been handed an international boost as Pope Francis is to be discharged from hospital on Sunday ...

During these thousand years, this period was nourished by legends and unfounded speculations, such as the alleged conversion of the Khazars, used to compensate for the lack of historical sources. It ...

Two additional women from the Byzantine period, who were recognized as saints by several churches, including the Eastern Orthodox Church, are also venerated for their ascetic practices ...

These later influenced Europe via the Renaissance. Structures like the Hagia Sophia, with its groundbreaking dome and breathtaking mosaics, show how Byzantine architects and artists used knowledge ...

Lent in the Byzantine Church ends on the Friday before Holy Week (which is a separate entity). Sundays are included in the counting period. If you count backwards 40 days you will arrive at the Monday ...

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pergamon, now modern-day Bergama in Turkey, discovered a grand residential complex from the Roman period, with multiple mosaics. The complex was found near ...

The "Mosaic House," an architectural ... Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Beylik and Ottoman periods," he said. Additionally, he noted that Pergamon was a royal capital during the Hellenistic period and ...