Recognised as the oldest surviving cartographic depiction of the Holy Lands, the Madaba Mosaic Map was crafted during the ...

Archaeologists have located Tharais, a lost Byzantine city featured on the 6th-century Madaba Mosaic Map in Jordan. The ...

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

The trick to understanding the real Italy, so I’m learning, is not in Michelangelo’s frescoes or Neapolitan pizza. But in its ...

A remarkably preserved two-story stone building in Jerusalem is believed by some archaeologists to be the site of the Last ...

A Russian overnight strike has damaged the historic Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, one of Ukraine’s most treasured landmarks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ...

Here are 11 of our favourite places in mainland Greece that make for brilliant alternatives to the islands this summer. Part of the joy of staying in seaside Nafplio is the drive there over the ...

An intricate mosaic dating back 1,600 years has been unveiled in Israel nearly 40 years after it was first discovered, the ...