1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic from Khirbat Be’er Shema, Israel, featuring 55 ornate medallions, has been unveiled for the ... of cultural harmony and musical brilliance. Global music icon Grace ...

putto figures and medallions. It boasted electric lighting – a novelty at the time – and was bedecked with mirrors from the arching hall entrance all the way to the sweeping staircase that leads to ...

A stunning Byzantine-era artwork from a Christian monastery in Israel was recently presented to the public for the first time ...

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

This is a unique mosaic from the Byzantine period,” said archaeologist Shaike Lender, who helped lead the original excavation. “It was clearly made by the hand of a true artist.” For years, the mosaic ...

Preparation for the 50th New Orleans Greek Festival began in February, filling the Hellenic Cultural Center on Bayou St. John with volunteers and the fragrance of the parish's famous homemade ...

The exquisite Be’er Shema mosaic, one of the most beautiful examples of Byzantine monastery art ever discovered in Israel, is ...

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

Credit: David Brunetti/National Trust A sixth-century Byzantine bucket which has been pieced back together after fragments of it were found at Sutton Hoo was used to contain the remains of an ...