The urge to leave your mark for posterity is nothing new, as ancient Greek graffiti carved into an Egyptian Temple clearly ...

Zeno was the Byzantine Emperor who witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire. He is known for being buried alive by his ...

A Palestinian farmer recently stumbled upon a 1,500-year-old mosaic dating to the Byzantine era beneath his olive orchard in Gaza. The mosaic is about the size of a basketball court, and it features ...

A legal ruling by Egypt’s Ismailia Administrative Appeal Court on 28 May ignited tensions between the state and the Greek ...

Archaeologists unearthed a Sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, antiquities authorities said Monday.

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home.

Orthodox leaders beyond Egypt and Greece remain concerned that the monastery property’s changed status will interfere with the monks’ prayer and work.

Egypt's foreign minister on Wednesday told his Greek counterpart that the spiritual and religious value of the Saint Catherine Monastery and surrounding archaeological sites will be preserved.

Khaldun had journeyed from Tunisia to Cairo and on to Damascus. The urban Arabs had absorbed the civilizations that came before them — Byzantine, Egyptian, Roman. They lived side by side with ...

The head of the Orthodox Church of Greece accused the Egyptian government Thursday of seizing and confiscating property belonging to an ancient Christian religious ...