THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident ...
A marble statue believed to be more than 2,000 years old has been found in a garbage bag near the city of Thessaloniki in Greece; experts say the piece dates back to the Hellenistic era.
A Byzantine monastery has been uncovered during ... In its center lies the ancient inscription written in Greek, a language that was widely used in the region at the time the monastery was ...
Chi-Rho Symbol (ΧΡ), from the first two letters of Christ in Greek. Credit: Jim Forest, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The remarkable spread of Christianity by the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire into Eastern ...
The discovery, made during pre-construction surveys for a new neighborhood, reveals a prosperous community dating back to the Roman and Byzantine periods. The monastery features an elaborate mosaic ...
On Monday, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed that troves of priceless artifacts -- including a colorful mosaic floor with a Greek inscription ... the Roman and Byzantine periods ...
He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 491 to 518 CE. Born around 430 CE in Dyrrhachium (modern-day Albania), and was originally a high-ranking official in the Byzantine civil service before ...