More than 2,100 years ago, a woman was buried in a site now known as the "Russian Atlantis" with an unusual accessory ...

IZNIK, Turkey (CNS) – Although the ancient city of Nicaea lies in ruins and the geographic center of Christianity has shifted ...

Pope Leo and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea by praying the Creed ...

During a visit to Iznik on Friday, Pope Leo issued a call for Christian unity and fraternity in a world rife with war and ...

Although the ancient city of Nicaea lies in ruins and the geographic centre of Christianity has shifted West, Pope Leo XIV and Christian leaders gathered at an archaeological site in Turkey to ...

A steady stream of spiritual pilgrims—mostly women—are drawn to the island’s ancient temples and its museums, home to the curvaceous prehistoric figurines seen as symbols of creation and renewal ...

Natufian clay figurine from Israel reveals an early story about how people connected with animals and used art to understand their world.

Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.