Researchers have deciphered a mysterious inscription hidden within an ancient amulet, uncovering fascinating new insights into the early history of Christianity. The small, silver amulet was ...

Archaeologists discovered a fourth-century Christian church in Armenia, considered the country’s oldest. Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III ...

MÜNSTER, GERMANY—CBS News reports that traces of an early Christian church have been uncovered in Armenia, at the site of the ancient city of Artaxata, by a team of German and Armenian researchers.

A basilica from the 4th century held a surprising number of tombs with women and children, researchers found. By Alexander Nazaryan More than a decade ago, archaeologists began to excavate one of the ...

An international team of archaeologists has revealed a "remarkable" early Christian church in Egypt, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, that contains a set of "surprising" human remains. The ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Germany's ...

Distinguishing speculation from historical fact. Hundreds of articles and scores of books have been written in the last 150 years seeking to establish what the early (pre-Constantinian) church thought ...