White supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts often display medievalist imagery in rallies and riots; what is behind their adoption of the archaic Eastern Roman Empire?

Study of 10,000 seeds from Negev viticulture settlements illustrates how plague, climate change and socioeconomic depression in booming empire's periphery point to its decline

Site yields rare intact crypt to anonymous martyr immortalized by Greek inscription; Jerusalem museum exhibit showcases massive collection of delicate glass artifacts

So far, 'Burnt Church' site at ongoing Hippos-Sussita Excavations Project has revealed three texts -- all of which were misspelled and had grammar errors, say archaeologists

Two biblical scenes recently uncovered at a fifth-century Galilean synagogue point to a preoccupation with the end of days, and perhaps a rebellious spirit