After Holy City was razed in 135 CE, an edict seemed designed to prevent a Jewish return. The discovery of an ancient ...

Cast almost entirely of lead, the pendant is decorated on both sides with an identical image of a menorah framed within a ...

During the Byzantine era, Jews were formally forbidden from entering Jerusalem. The presence of such an object suggests that Jews nevertheless continued to visit under unofficial circumstances ...

Lift your holiday spirits with art by discovering 20 of the best Christmas paintings ever created, from the Byzantine period through today!

Continuing an artistic tradition begun in the 3rd Century, Kim Fritzges paints early Byzantine icons in Studio 311 at the ...