In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

Hagia Sophia, an architectural marvel and a symbol of Istanbul’s rich history, stands as a testament to the city’s diverse cultural heritage. Originally built as a cathedral in the 6th century, it has ...

High Morning. The Hour of Tierce. The Sun burns in the sky like the Face of God, but we do not know his countenance as terrible. His light is diffused in the air and the light of God is diffused by ...

NORMAN — Sophia Bordi, the No. 5 high school softball pitcher in the class of 2025 per Softball America, is headed to Oklahoma a year early. The Merchantville, New Jersey, native has reclassified and ...

and a three-room underground tomb beneath the historic structure, according to Haberler. Professor Dr. Hasan Fırat Diker, a member of the Hagia Sophia Science Council, stated that they have been ...

Paul Golding, leader of the far-right Britain First party in the UK, posted a image on X (formerly Twitter), depicting the Hagia Sophia with a superimposed Greek flag and surrounded by soldiers. He ...

The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture. Credit Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons After fifteen centuries, Hagia Sophia‘s maze-like, underground ...

Constantinople – After 15 centuries shrouded in mystery, a vast underground network beneath Hagia Sophia is being opened to the public. The Turkish Ministry of Culture is clearing a labyrinthine ...

But there are also points that are considered older than the temple structure. “The underground beauties and archaeological finds of Hagia Sophia, which have been neglected for centuries ...

Designed by an émigré from the Soviet Union, the curved structure helped introduce Modernism to a skeptical public—and ... Deadline to enter is the last day of each month at 5:00pm EST. Last month's ...