Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...

Everything you need to know about the Temple of Dendur, where guests at Monday's Met Gala will dine and celebrate.

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One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

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The building we see today isn’t original, having been preceded by two earlier churches at the same location — which were themselves built over a pagan temple ... Roman Empire, A New History ...

Back to “Hatikvah.” It is not just the national anthem of both the state of Israel, and the entire Jewish people. That is because the greatest invention is hope — the idea that tomorrow might be ...

Laura Itzkowitz The Pantheon, a former Roman temple and now a present-day church ... hire a tour guide to better understand the ancient history you're seeing. Beat the crowds by visiting early ...

BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?

The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

The 1 st century BC marked the last days of the Roman Republic and creation of the province of ... for a truce which would compensate for the plunder by his troops of their temples dedicated to the ...