the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map reveals how its makers imagined the world from ...

A contractor found a tomb complex dating back to the Byzantine Empire in Syria's Idlib province, just as many residents have ...

Class distinctions in childbirth during the Renaissance were recorded. In 15th-century Florence, women were married as teenagers and often had five to ten children, depending on whether she ...

The Imperial Ming PalaceThis 15th-century tempera on silk painting depicts the many palaces, pavilions, and courtyards of the Forbidden City. Fine Art/Album The key spaces within the Forbidden ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...

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The Greek Orthodox Church of the Pantocrator in Patras, Greece, stands out for its resemblance to the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) after which it was modeled. Originally built ...

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