Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, collected them.

Walking intoSt Mark Basilicais like stepping into a golden dream The shimmering mosaics towering domes and intricate carvings transport you to another world-a world where faith power and artistry inte ...

In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

The role of the first lady takes on different forms throughout history: we retrace it through historical portraits, up to the ...

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was awarded the "Star" Order of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew by the Greek ...

"Mary's dark blue mantle, from about 500 A.D., is of Byzantine origin and is the color of an empress." Blue has stayed in vogue, but red has also become a prominent color for Mary as represented by ...

Thankfully the symbols they use are (mostly) universal, so once you've learned what each represents (as we explain below) you shouldn't have any problems no matter what you find in your laundry basket ...

During excavations north of the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, archaeologists uncovered a sprawling compound from the Byzantine era that contained 10 buildings, including a monastery, a winepress, and a ...

Archaeologists have found a medieval spinning whorl in Tønsberg, Norway, which has some distinct symbols on its surface: three swastikas. But while we may associate this symbol with the Nazis ...

The Mariological experience and piety of the Byzantine Churches--Catholic and Orthodox--seem to be embodied almost entirely in their worship. But we find no prominent theological reflection on the ...

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense ...