This course explores the origins of the development of early Christian and Byzantine art and thought. Focusing on a thematic rather than a chronological approach, the course acknowledges broader ...

Restored 700-year-old Byzantine church in Sinop, Turkey unveils wall paintings, linking to Greek Orthodox heritage.

An archaeologist recently uncovered the likely remains of a long-forgotten Byzantine settlement, offering new insights into the history of Christianity in the Middle East. Musallam R. Al-Rawahneh, an ...

Europe’s cathedrals, churches, monasteries, and baptisteries cover the countryside like Veronica’s veil. They comprise the continent’s landmarks and focal attractions and, for centuries, have been ...

A large cemetery dating to the Roman–Byzantine period was exposed south of Tel Malḥata, in the northeastern Negev Desert. Most of the burials were cist graves, comprising an individual buried ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Christian care facility for the elderly near the Sea of Galilee, ...

Hagia Sophia’s conversion from a museum into a mosque has seen thousands and thousands of words committed to the page across the globe. Most of it recycles the same information - that the great church ...

"Commodities" : how does the building function? -- "Firmeness" : how does the building stand up? -- "Delight" : space in architecture -- "Delight" : seeing ...

This course seeks to provide a broad survey of the early centuries of Christian architecture and art, both in the East and in the West. The semester is structured around a series of interrelated ...