The ancient sources implying Queen Zenobia converted to Judaism are possibly accurate,” Haggai Olshanetsky, of University of Warsaw, told JNS.The post Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images The most famous architects don’t solely leave behind the buildings they’ve designed—they leave behind blueprints for how we live, work, and move through the world.

The Apsis from the outside of the monastery. Credit: Unknown, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Imagine the walls that have soaked up nearly sixteen hundred years of history in one of Constantinople’s ...

In 1204, Constantinople was sacked by the crusaders in retaliation for the massacre and held by the West for several decades, according to numerous sources. In 1453, trouble came from the Asian side.

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series, we take a look at Paris's Le Louxor movie theatre, a trove of Egyptian revival in the birthplace of cinema.

Anicia Juliana accomplished a lot in her life, however, her major achievement was the plan for the construction of the Church of St Polyeuctus, a marvel of early Byzantine architecture. The ...

The distinctive Sydney Opera House in Sydney Harbour is one of Australia’s most famous landmarks and on UNESCO's World Heritage List. It was opened in 1973, built to look like a yacht’s sails and ...

At one point, Liverpool’s banking institutions shaped some of the city’s most famous streets and were housed in a number of striking buildings still standing in the city centre today ...