Archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old monastery near Israel with an intricate mosaic floor that features a Bible verse blessing all who read it. At the center of the intricately designed ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a significant Christian monastery dating back to roughly 1,500 years ago at a site in Israel. The remains include a remarkable colorful mosaic floor ...

A 15th-century monastery in Tibet is still intact after a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northern foothills of Mount Everest. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit near Shigatse, one of Tibet's ...

Father Grigorios, a Greek monk lived 38 years, almost alone, in a medieval monastery-fortress on the small Ionian island of ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

The Dominican nuns who moved away from Lancaster County last year were back Friday to visit their old monastery and attend a ceremony at the new resting place for the nuns previously buried on the ...

Disembarking without fanfare and frequently no forewarning, asylum-seekers file, dozens at a time, into the old Benedictine monastery in midtown Tucson. Since Jan. 26, the monastery has been a ...

Similar archaeology was uncovered during excavations of a Pictish monastery at Portmahomack in the Highlands. Cameron Archaeology Ltd Test pits have previously been dug in a graveyard at Old Deer ...

The Monastery of Paleokastro (or "Old Castle") is an 18th-century nunnery on a verdant hill near the village of Ano Mera. It provides a respite from the bustling environment of Mykonos proper ...