Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East.

The threat facing holy sites in the region is more intangible — a lack of financial support from international pilgrims.

Renaissance Europe’s fascination with the Middle East and the budding science of cartography is the subject of the Mitchell Gallery’s “Ancient Maps and Views of the Holy Land from the ...

I’ve learned a lot about sheep and goats during my time hiking in Israel. First and foremost, they are not to be feared. This discovery was a significant change from my childhood impression of them.

How Holy Sites Prompt Spiritual Reflection for Catholics — Including in the Holy Land A college-age journalist visits the ‘land of new beginnings.’ ...

“War in the Holy Land: A PBS News Special Report” will air on PBS stations Friday, October 13 at 8:30 p.m. ET (check local listings), as well as stream on PBS NewsHour’s digital and social ...

The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has called for a day of prayer and fasting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa has urged ...

The Madaba Map, or the Madaba Mosaic Map, is a sixth century AD depiction of the Holy Land, believed to be among the oldest known portrayals of Jerusalem. Discovered in a Byzantine church in ...

Amid the uncertainty of war, what is the outlook for the Holy Land’s many precious sites? CNA spoke to Father David Grenier, U.S. commissary of the Holy Land.