Byzantine mosaic from Khirbat Be’er Shema, Israel, featuring 55 ornate medallions, has been unveiled for the first time.

The curator of the Brooklyn Museum, which has more than 1,200 items in its collection of Egyptian art, told Holly Keris ... and March 24 on Egyptian iconoclasm, byzantine iconoclasm, reformation ...

Palestinian village is actually a Byzantine period synagogueDavid Cohen/Flash90 An article about a new book on "Palestinian history and culture," published in The Guardian, embarrassingly used a ...

Even before the war, the mosaic was well documented by archaeologists as a rare work of art that had survived iconoclasm — where use of religious images was banned by Byzantine emperors throughout the ...

The Byzantine Iconoclasm (726–843) led to the destruction of its sacred ... for the Protection of Historical Monuments and the Permanent Foundations Service to Art and Culture Association filed ...

In a spectacular landscape, entirely sculpted by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence of Byzantine art in the post-Iconoclastic ...

Even before the war, the mosaic was well documented by archaeologists as a rare work of art that had survived iconoclasm — where use of religious images was banned by Byzantine emperors throughout the ...

Even before the war, the mosaic was well documented by archaeologists as a rare work of art that had survived iconoclasm - where use of religious images was banned by Byzantine emperors throughout ...

With only 19 parishes in his eparchy, the new bishop of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, Artur Bubnevych, hopes the missionary character of his church will be a ...

The Byzantine “monk” buried in chains near Jerusalem was a woman. Credit: Matan Chocron / Israel Antiquities Authority An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of ...

Islamic fundamentalists in Syria have started to destroy archaeological treasures such as Byzantine mosaics and ... says that extreme Islamic iconoclasm puts many antiquities at risk.

It is a remarkable example of early Christian architecture and Byzantine mosaic art. Despite its name ... Created by artists who fled Constantinople during the turbulent years of iconoclasm, its ...