Recent archaeological excavations in Israel have revealed a rare find: early Christian art from around 1,500 years ago. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery in a Facebook ...

"These pieces of art have interest beyond their historical ... at least surviving ones -- are very rare. "Why early Christian artists shied away from it is unclear," Potts said.

The artifact shows images from the bible and is considered to be one of the most impressive works of early Christian art. Owen Jarus is a regular contributor to Live Science who writes about ...

But an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seems to prove the same thing by inverting the logic. A sumptuous survey of early Christian art in Armenia suggests that no matter how scattered ...

One of the clearest ways God says yes to Christians is when unjust authorities hate us.

Schenk then provides a helpful primer into interpreting early Christian art (Chapter 3) before focusing on the portrayal of women in frescoes and inscriptions (Chapter 4). One of the values of ...

Early Christian art on display at The Met’s “Africa & Byzantium” special exhibit, which runs from November 2023 through March 2024. Credit: Photo courtesy of The Met A large part of the ...

“We are deeply interested in early Christianity too. But we want to do justice to Dura ... a former postdoctoral associate at Yale who is now an assistant professor of art history and visual culture ...