A stunning Byzantine-era mosaic has been unveiled to the public for the first time, offering a glimpse into life in the Negev ...

Byzantine art, which flourished from the 4th to the 15th centuries, is renowned for its religious iconography, extensive use of gold, and intricate mosaic work.

I n 1990, archaeologists uncovered a 1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic at a monastery near Kibbutz Urim in the Negev Desert. This ancient work of art has now been fully unveiled to the public ...

A 1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic from a Christian monastery in Israel, featuring 55 medallions with hunting scenes and mythological characters, was recently put on public display.

A picture shows Byzantine mosaics dating from the fifth to seventh centuries after being uncovered by a farmer ploughing his land, in the central Gaza Strip on September 19, 2022. Photo by Majdi ...

Into the rigid Byzantine forms that had governed Eastern religious art for almost a thousand years, Byzantine artists poured a new warmth drawn from revived classic models.

Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-the-West Byzantine mosaics. ... and an appreciation for mosaic art.

Daphni’s mosaic designers worked at a time when Byzantine artists, moving away from elongated and stylized forms, turned for suave beauty and expert molding to the long-ignored classic Greek models.

A Byzantine monastery with a colorful mosaic floor bearing a Greek inscription has been uncovered during work by the Israel Land Authority on a real estate development in Karmey Gat North. “This ...

The mosaic is estimated to date from the 6th century during the Byzantine period, an empire which controlled much of the eastern Mediterranean for roughly 1,100 years following the split of the ...

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East studies at Mutah University—began looking for Tharais. The field project ...