Historic gateway near Sea of Marmara reflects centuries of architectural evolution, with restoration inscriptions dating to 18th-century Ottoman sultans | Anadolu ...

The Chora Church was reopened as a mosque in May 2024 with nearly all of its Byzantine frescoes and mosaics visible. (all photos Jennifer Hattam/Hyperallergic) ISTANBUL — When the 11th-century Chora ...

Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - After Hagia Sophia, another historic Byzantine church in Istanbul, which has been used as a museum for the last 79 years, will once again house Islamic prayers and rites and ...

Ayasofya in Istanbul stretches a great Byzantine dome over centuries of changing devotion, where marble, mosaics and minarets share the same monumental shell. Extreme Makroaufnahme eines ...

Istanbul makes an exotic first impression: Boat traffic on the Bosporus sends waves brushing up against the shores of both Europe and Asia as enormous mosques and monuments from previous empires stand ...

Slobodan (Danny) Ćurčić, professor of art and archaeology, emeritus, at Princeton University, and a global authority on Byzantine art and architecture, died Dec. 3 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was 76.

In Istanbul, major public transit projects are back under way after years of paralysis. The problem wasn't a lack of financing, but the layer upon layer of ancient artifacts that turned up every time ...