How did Jews flourish, have pagan iconography in Roman-ruled ... Clearly, the Jewish attitude toward figural art during the late Roman period was ambiguous. Rabban Gamliel was the first head ...

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The head, possibly depicting Jupiter, Apollo, Serapis, or a philosopher, was found reused in the Basilica of Santo Stefano.

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The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

His name, Mercurius, though, honored a Roman god, Mercury, and was considered a pagan name ... to the man who'd been known as Simon, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church." ...

Easter is often said to have been inspired by a different festival: that of the pagan goddess Eostre ... just as there is a hare on the statue of [the Celtic goddess] Abnoba.” ...

Humanity Accepts the Idea of Infinity but Struggles to Conceive of a World Without a Beginning. It is commonly asserted that an atheist is someone who has rejected belief in the e ...

The Bulldogs used wins by John Swaney (800), Victor Mielnik (1,600), Esmeidy Ortiz (both hurdles), Ethan Justin (triple jump) ...