Israeli archaeologists have discovered early Christian art from around 1,500 years ago. It was likely drawn between the late Byzantine era and the early Islamic period.

Here's a look at early Christian artifacts through the eyes of 19th-century scholars. (Shown above, an old engraved illustration of catacombs and Saint Thraso, or Saint Saturninus, from the ...

Since, according early Christian image specialists such as Janet Tulloch, funerary art is "performative" and "aural" in nature, one could say Bitalia and Cerula wished to be remembered (and ...

The book cover to "Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership" by Ally Kateusz, features a fresco from the Catacomb of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy, that was covered with a marble plaque ...

A rare exhibit of Christian art in its infancy, including the earliest known depiction of Jesus' crucifixion, is an evocative display that holds as much historic, as religious, appeal.

Writings from the early church show how central the cross was to Christian preaching and confession. Moreover, Justin Martyr, a Christian apologist writing in the 150s–160s, argued that God had ...

The Christian Building at Dura-Europos, looking west, 1932–1933 (Dura-Europos Collection, Yale University Art Gallery, neg. dura-fIV31-01, courtesy Yale University Art Gallery) ...