Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

Faith, History, and Who Belongs in Israel. The land of Israel, often called the Holy Land, is sacred to Jews, Christians, and ...

Judean Desert finds dated 1,400 years ago bear witness to 'flourishing Christian pilgrimage industry' as travelers from ...

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of ...

A 2,000-year-old palace in the Republic of Georgia and a 1,500-year-old church in Iraq suggest Zoroastrians coexisted with people of other religions.

In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

Under Israeli sovereignty, Jerusalem is the only period in history where all religions enjoy freedom of worship. Jews, ...

Zionism turned the moral of the Hanukkah story on its head to praise militarism. In truth, it is a holiday of peace.

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd,” which is being hailed as ...

A fresco depicting a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd” has been uncovered by Turkish archaeologists, one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era. The painting was ...

As we march toward Christmas, following the “pa-rum-pa-pum-pum” beat of commercialism to the schlocky versions of ‘Little Drummer Boy’ piped into shopping malls or blaring in … ...

Melbourne Museum is set to transport visitors back two millennia with Rome: Empire, Power, People, a major new exhibition opening exclusively in Melbourne on 1 April. The show promises an immersive ...