BIRKBY is a tranquil corner of countryside lost in the lanes between Northallerton and Darlington. Even when a mainline train clatters ...

A landmark excavation has offered unprecedented historical insights. Set to conclude in the coming months, ToI gets a sneak ...

Jesus believed in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the “Day of the Lord,” but that day never arrived, and ...

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...

The tomb of a saint is set to be opened in a Catholic ritual that began 1,870 years ago when a man was burned at the stake ...

In Nis, SerbiaThe southern Serbia city of Nis (pronounced as ‘Nish’) – host of the 14th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships - is rich in history, most famously as one of Europe’s oldest cities and ...

The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

Carroll notes that turning the holy site into a fancy building, originally by order of Emperor Constantine and modeled after the imperial palace, was part of degrading the site, not preserving it.

Then it was the spread of Christianity that erased the traditional Roman value system. The divine status that the Roman emperor enjoyed and the glory of the State were replaced by the worship of the ...