Find out who's who, where we left off with them, and how they fit into the intrigue & drama that will mesmerize you as it ...

Streets closer to religious places, adjacent to churches, or with prominent devout members got their names inspired by them.

Excavation in Israel revealed a Byzantine monastery and farmhouse, highlighting the spiritual and practical lives of desert ...

Founded in 1106 in the west of Georgia, the Monastery of Gelati is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength and economic growth between the 11th and 13th ...

Ancient castles worldwide carry histories of power and violence, attracting those intrigued by alleged paranormal activity.

Versions of Timothy Ratliff’s death wish fantasy play out over several episodes of “ The White Lotus ,” but each involves a ...

The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred in 1492: the Reconquest of the ...

On March 21, 1821 the Greek rebels started the siege of Kalavryta, making it the first Greek town that was liberated from the ...

The Nazis loved the Bayeux Tapestry. They loved it so much that they tried (and failed) to steal it away to Germany at the ...

Tibet, historically a sovereign entity, was forcibly annexed by China in 1950. Since then, Beijing has flooded the region with Han Chinese settlers, imposed Mandarin over Tibetan language, and placed ...