This icon was made over 500 years after this event, when the shrunken Byzantine Empire was under the threat of invasion by the Ottoman Turks. What role did icons play in the Byzantine Empire?

An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine Empire over images of Christ ... Church officially ruled that sacred images, or icons, were essential to that faith.

The exhibition has opened in Athens, highlighting the golden luxury of Byzantium, which served as an inspiration for Italian ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by ... with the iconoclasts believing that all religious images and icons went against the correct doctrine. Starting in 726 CE under Emperor ...

Archaeologists found missing pieces of a sixth century vessel from the famed Sutton Hoo site, as well as the cremated human remains and other objects it once held.

seventh earl of Elgin and British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which then ruled Greece. Liapis said the Byzantine icon would need restoration as it was painted over before it was smuggled out ...