In 1990, excavations of an ancient monastery in the Negev Desert of southern Israel revealed a sprawling mosaic dating back ...

One of the most spectacular Byzantine mosaics ever discovered in Israel was finally revealed to the public for the first time ...

The Be'er Shema Mosaic is now open to the public for the first time at the Merhavim Regional Council complex in northwestern ...

but they dated it to the Byzantine period of Israeli history, which lasted from 324 A.D. to 638 A.D. “The approximately 1,600-year-old colorful mosaic presents 55 medallions decorated with ...

A 1,600-year-old mosaic from a Byzantine monastery is now on public display in Israel’s Negev, revealing ancient life through ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A late Byzantine icon, made around 1450 with gleaming touches of gold leaf, headlines the latest round of acquisitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which roam the globe and ...

The veneration of icons is considered one of the most distinctive elements of the Byzantine Rite. Participants will have a choice of painting St. Irene of Chrysovalantou or St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a Byzantine-era hoard of gold in Jerusalem's Old City, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Monday. Dr Eilat Mazar displays a gold medallion ...