Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known Christian church in Armenia. Shaped like an octagon with cross-shaped ...

A joint team of archaeologists from the University of Münster and the Armenian Academy of Sciences unearthed one of the world ...

"The team excavated parts of the church and studied it using geophysical methods." "Typologically, the find corresponds to early Christian memorial buildings," the press release continued.

1140-1144. From the ambulatory and crypt of the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Benedict Window. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1980. Public domain ...

Dating to the mid-fourth century AD, it is the oldest archaeologically documented church in the country and provides ...

Although later pushed to the side, women in early Christian communities often owned the 'house churches' where congregations gathered to worship. The status of women in early Christianity has been ...

Certainly the most prominent among these in the ancient church was Mary Magdalene. A series of spectacular 19th and 20th century discoveries of Christian texts in Egypt dating to the second and ...

"The building, which dates back to the 4th century, is the oldest archaeologically documented church in the country — a sensational testimony to early Christianity in Armenia," Achim ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Two ancient churches which were wiped out by the Black Death have opened their doors together for the first time in more than 650 years. Sister churches Dode and Paddlesworth, located just 1.5 ...

The 5 th edition of America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers awards the leading 650 ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) in the U.S. based on quality of care, performance data, patient experience ...

The west coast of Florida prepares to face a second major hurricane in less than two weeks.