Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

Julia Domna can stake a claim to being one of the most influential women of the Roman Empire. Aside from perhaps the ...

Charles Glass’s book on Syria provides a fascinating, if horrifying, explanation of the impact of imperial interests on the ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important ... she used the military and expanded her empire from Antioch to Egypt," says Botman, pointing out pharaonic columns gifted ...

"We look at ourselves that we are equal to the Muslim, the Alawite, and every single Syrian citizen," he added. The group derives its name from the ancient city of Antioch, reflecting their deep ...

The land’s ancient Christian communities – the biblical Book of Acts notes that “in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” – were decimated by the Syrian civil ...

The land's ancient Christian communities — the biblical Book of Acts notes that "in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians" — were decimated by the Syrian civil war ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787. "This is the Faith of ...

with ancient theologist Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who lived in Antioch, Syria between 393 to 457 AD, mentioning the practice in his work. In his 5th century work, Historia Religiosa, two women ...

The montage was put together by an artist from the city of Antakya, the site of ancient Antioch, whose life was ... much of it inspired by Syria's Aleppo, just a two-hour drive east.

No place was worse hit than Antakya, the site of ancient Antioch, where 90 percent of the ... much of it inspired by Syria’s Aleppo, just two hour’s drive east. – ‘Healed’ by making ...

No place was worse hit than Antakya, the site of ancient Antioch, where 90 percent of the ... much of it inspired by Syria's Aleppo, just two hour's drive east. For 10 years, 47-year-old Eser ...