6 September 2026
Türkiye’s ‘Petra’ Hides an Extraordinary Byzantine Treasure: The Smiling Virgin Mary of Gümüşler Monastery
Hidden inside a massive volcanic rock formation near Niğde in central Türkiye is a Byzantine complex…
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Byzantine art
22 August 2026
One of Byzantium’s Most Striking Images of Mary’s “Last Sleep” Survives on a Mosque Wall in Istanbul
On the western wall of Istanbul’s Chora Church, now known as Kariye Mosque, one of the…