Ceramic vessels originating in the Islamic world once adorned the facades of churches and other Christian monuments, while Christian symbols such as the cross embellished columns, slabs, and other ...

OLIVIER POQUILLON, an archaeologist who rushed to transfer ancient Christian artifacts out of Gaza before the Israeli military bombed a building where they were stored. An expert said only 60 percent ...

The plaster artifact is about one foot long, seven inches wide and one inch thick. Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism Researchers have discovered a Christian cross molded from stucco on a ...

Yakutiye Madrasa, Erzurum. Central muqarnas, Islamic ornamental three-dimensional architectural decoration, embellishing a church ceiling, 1310. Credit: Richard Piran McClary Coptic capital with ...