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 Europeans produce diverse art: from Christians to Muslims and Byzantines to Vikings. After Rome’s fall, Europe’s Christians kept culture alive with art rooted in their deep faith.

“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 ...