The church he funded was small but beautiful, noted Ashkenazi ... personalized form of religious expression. The post In early Christian Holy Land, private churches rose as acts of faith ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered what they believe to be one of the oldest Christian churches ... documented church in the country – sensational evidence for early Christianity in Armenia ...

Historians found that, in ancient times, the complex was "transformed" into a church. "[It] contained a marble-lined basin, interpreted as an ancient baptistery," said the post, which was ...

Languages: English, Spanish An international team of archaeologists has revealed a "remarkable" early Christian church in Egypt, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, that contains a set of ...

The ancient church resembled early Christian memorial buildings, according to the University of Münster. It measured about 100 feet across and originally had mortar flooring, created mostly from ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a long-lost early Christian ... The handful of Christian buildings—such as churches, monasteries and residences—that ...

early Christian burials favored simplicity. The bodies in the church were wrapped in linens, and only two were inside coffins. Bundles of rosemary, myrtle and palm leaves were left with one body ...

The choice of construction funded by Christian ... churches). At Khirbet al-Samra in the territory of the Syrian city of Bostra, scholars identified at least eight churches, mostly dated to the ...