Tradition and technology at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
The 1833 illustration of the interior of the Church of the Nativity is in the public domain The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was insc
China, Buddhism, and trade – copper to soy beans along the new Silk Road
Perhaps the most lasting legacy of the Silk Roads has been their role in bringing cultures and peoples in contact with each other, and...
Renovating a 12th-century New Jerusalem—the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia
In 2001, the US Congress authorized the US Department of State to award grants through American embassies to support cultural heritage...
Many of Mexico’s buildings damaged by recent earthquakes were historic churches
The 16th-century Nuestro Señora de los Remedios in Choluloa, Puebla, Mexico lost two of its domes (2009 photo above by Gerardo Noriega is...
Chartres Cathedral restoration – behold the Black, now White, Madonna
The Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Lady of the Cathedral at Chartres, has been luring large numbers of Christian pilgrims to...
Islamic culture, art, and architecture in the United States
The Islamic Center of Washington, DC stands elegantly along the portion of Massachusetts Avenue, NW, known as Embassy Row. In fact, the...
Destroyed—the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret
Destruction of heritage sites by ISIS has been extensive. In recent months, as anti-ISIS forces have been making military gains,...
King Herod’s massive mikveh uncovered
Archaeologists have been excavating at the site of King Herod’s fortified palace at Machaerus in what is now Jordan since at least the...
In the face of rising sea levels, “church leaders have decided to cede some land”
Norfolk, Virginia is one of many coastal cities in the United States and around the world that are already dealing with significant...
ISIS and Nimrud—and a new $400,000 effort to restore this important, but damaged, biblical site
On March 31, the US Department of State announced a joint program with the Smithsonian Institution for an emergency program of...