Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being ...

Greece’s Culture Ministry, in cooperation with the Epirus Region and the Municipality of Arta, launched the process to restore the historic Church of ...

The Zamanakos Endowed Lectureship in Hellenic Studies is an annual lecture to be held on behalf of the Hellenic Studies Program of UMass Lowell. The Hellenic Studies Program is dedicated to forging ...

An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently uncovered in Egypt — shedding new light on monastic life in Upper Egypt during the Byzantine era. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Watching the celebrations for the inauguration of the New York City mayor, my mind suddenly turned back to my intellectual career early in this century. I remembered some writings I had almost ...

CAIRO, 6th January, 2026 (WAM) -- An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has uncovered the remains of a fully integrated monastic residential complex dating ...

Art Historian, Andrea Achi: This is a painting by Gustav Klimt. It's called Hope, II. At its center is a pregnant woman. She's shrouded in this mosaic-like robe that glimmers with these circle ...

Archaeologists have discovered a rare 1,400-year-old limestone mold at Hyrcania in the Judean Desert that was used to manufacture small devotional flasks for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Continuing an artistic tradition begun in the 3rd Century, Kim Fritzges paints early Byzantine icons in Studio 311 at the Walk In Art Center. Surrounded by sorrowful images of ...