This map is considered the oldest of the Holy ... land,” already suggested the antiquity of a fertile area with springs that had attracted settlers since the Bronze Age. Although the area had been ...

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

We take a trip to Antonín Dvořák’s birthplace, the composer summer hideaway Vysoká, and other spectacular cultural ...

The Saviour and St. Euphrosyne Convent in Polotsk celebrates its 900th anniversaryA great and bright holiday is celebrated on the ...

While the chapel is little known today, it was a “must see” for 19th-century ... wonders of art and religion, but most of all, I walked on the very ground of the apostles, a land soaked ...

Certainly, that is how plant hunters have been described in recent works, including a 2012 children’s book, The Plant Hunters ...

Spielman dates this process to when Jews began returning to their historic homeland in the mid-19th century ... archaeological expedition to the Holy Land.” Warren, the author says, went ...

the Custody of the Holy Land, and the Armenian Patriarchate - consented to renovations. These included replacing the building's floor, predominantly from the 19th century, marking the first ...

Credit: Courtesy of the Petros Marmarinos Studio Tinos island in Greece has been famous for centuries for its marbles and the art of marble sculpture ... works of early marble sculptors from the 19th ...

You shall proclaim liberty in the land for all its ... there is a dark period: the 19th century. During this period, the upheavals of political life only allowed one Holy Year to be organized ...

Amicalola Falls State Park, home to the highest waterfall in Georgia, offers hiking trails for all skill levels and some of the most spectacular scenery in the Southeast. The park’s lodge provides ...

The Armenian Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator, referred to locally as the Armenian Church, is the oldest Christian ...