A Christian empire that inherited classical learning, Byzantium preserved pagan texts via schools, new script, scholia, and ...

For almost 500 years, the Parthian Empire controlled one of the world’s most important cultural and trade routes, stretching ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, biblical scholars interested in parallels between ancient religious belief systems argued ...

A coastal drive from Dalaman to Antalya leads through Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, buried basilicas, and ongoing ...

An excavation at the City of David in Jerusalem unearthed a 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with a seven-branched menorah on each side.

A remarkable 17.5-meter-long Late Antique floor mosaic, featuring intricate geometric patterns and a Greek inscription, has ...

Gold is a gift fit for a king. In fact, according to biblical accounts, it was the first gift offered to the “King of Kings." ...

It had been a particularly long day for us all, having left our cosy hotel on the Asian (or Anatolian) side of Istanbul in ...

Even if you are avowedly unreligious, a church can be a powerful and moving thing – conjuring everything from admiration for ...

Following two years of absence, public Christmas festivities, like holiday lights in Bethlehem and other locales, are returning. Also making an appearance, say some observers, are dribbles of visitors ...

If you love medieval castles, storybook towns that look frozen in time, and vast museums you can get lost in for hours, ...