An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...

Metropolitan Stephanos of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church tells ERR in an interview that he has made two proposals to the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church (EKÕK) — widely seen as the main ...

View of the domes of the basilica of Christ Pantocrator in Patras, Greece. The church resembles the Hagia Sophia, built in the 10th century AD upon the ruins of the Temple of Zeus. Credit: Deiadameain ...

The Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th century AD, was a continuation of the Roman empire with its capital in Constantinople – today's Istanbul – and Christianity as its official religion.

A guard inspects an engraved stone, originally found at a Byzantine underground tomb complex believed to be over 1,500 years old. AP Above the burial site sits a residential neighborhood of cinder ...

A guard inspects an engraved stone, originally found at a Byzantine underground tomb complex believed to be over 1,500 years old and uncovered by a contractor during the reconstruction of a war ...

Believed to be more than 1,500 years old from the Byzantine Empire, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Aleppo and Damascus.

The Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th century AD, was a continuation of the Roman empire with its capital in Constantinople — today’s Istanbul — and Christianity as its official religion.

Some see in the ruins a sign of hope for economic renewal. Another local resident, Abed Jaafar, came with his son to explore the newly discovered tombs and take pictures. “In the old days, a lot of ...

Idlib "has a third of the monuments of Syria, containing 800 archaeological sites in addition to an ancient city," al-Ismail said. The Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th century AD, was an ...

Remains of the Greco-Roman period include baths, temple ruins, a monumental arch, a nymphaeum, a necropolis and a theatre. Following the acceptance of Christianity by the emperor Constantine and his ...