Nine ancient inscriptions from Akmoneia in Phrygia, in modern-day Turkey, reveal the first proof of a Demeter fertility cult in the region tied to Apostle Paul's journeys.

‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’ Cover of ‘Rabbles, Riots, and Ruins: ...

Christian amulets reveal how Roman protection practices survived religious change despite church criticism and the rise of ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Christian care facility for the elderly – a remarkable find that may be the world’s oldest nursing home. The news, reported by Israel’s news ...

(The Conversation) — An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, sold for nearly US$3.9 million on June 11, 2024, at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth ...

Now here’s a divine development. Just ahead of the holidays, archaeologists have “digitally unrolled” a 1,800-year-old silver amulet to decipher an inscription that’s being hailed as the oldest known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the two statues uncovered by archaeologists in the southeastern Jordanian desert is pictured during a news conference in ...

If something is colored RED it probably has a link to a related Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Podcast on the particular topic highlighted. From the beginning of the Church, Christians have told her ...

Rich, tragic, not without hope. Very unfortunately, Samuel Tadros has been blessed in the timing of his excellent survey of the past and present state of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. Just as the book ...