Now, reports the Hurriyet Daily News, Turkish archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a third- or fourth-century B.C. apse, or semicircular recess commonly found in ancient churches.

Photographs by William Brumfield Of the many outdoor museums of wooden architecture in Russia, one of the earliest and most frequently visited is in the ancient ... two over the apse on the ...

The room ended in a great apse, a very rare feature in Greek architecture, and one that must have framed special rites, perhaps those culminating initiation. In the light of day, the newly ...

A colorful mosaic recently found in an ancient church in Israel appears to ... The tiles uncovered in the apse show two fish and five loaves, matching the New Testament story of Jesus feeding ...