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 ...

Work in progressCathedrals could sit partially unfinished for decades, as shown in a painting of 15th-century Dordrecht, Netherlands. Gothic cathedrals can often render spectators speechless ...

Byzantine tomb complex discovered under Syrian war ruins - The ancient tomb was found by a construction worker in war-ravaged ...

For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the big bang. Using telescopes ...

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 ...

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 ...

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.