A 1,600-year-old pendant depicting Solomon spearing the Devil has been uncovered in Türkiye, offering rare insight into Byzantine religious beliefs and practices.

That too didn’t last. From the 3rd century AD, internal instability, economic challenges, and constant invasions weakened the ...

For decades it was merely a sidewalk stone at a home in the Middle East, its significance unbeknownst to its owner. Now, the ...

A new study suggests the Byzantine Empire’s decline wasn’t caused by the Justinian Plague, but may have even experienced a ...

The oldest known stone tablet featuring the Ten Commandments is set for auction at Sotheby’s and may sell for as much as $2 ...

The oldest known tablet featuring the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is set to be auctioned next month, with an ...

A marble tablet inscribed with nine of the Ten Commandments, said to be the oldest intact version of its kind in stone, is set to go under the hammer next month in a single-lot sale at Sotheby’s in ...

The marble tablet, weighing 52 kilograms (115 pounds) and standing two feet tall, was likely carved in the late Roman or ...

Next month, the auction house will offer the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments, dating back to 300 to 800 ...

Paphos in Cyprus is said to be where Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty was born. Although Aphrodite was born in Old Paphos, New Paphos is close enough and offers a gorgeous winter ...

Catholic parishioners on Parma’s north side have moved from the Eparchy of Parma’s former 64-year-old flagship church to a ...

In 490 BC, the Persian army sacked and plundered the island. Macedonian rule was established here, and later (166 BC) – Roman ...