Church

If every time someone purchases land from a Christian denomination, the state will rush in and expropriate that land, no one will want to purchase land from the various churches anymore.

In Christian medieval iconography, monkeys are often associated with human vices, particularly lust, laziness, and pride, and are frequently depicted in satirical scenes imitating human activities.

"It's as if history is back, as if the identity of the city is back," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

The fresco is thought to be the only surviving depiction of an Islamic tent in a medieval church.

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions within the Church.

The painted angels, which have childlike faces and wings, were a distinctive feature of the Old North Church when they were completed around 1730.

Christians in Syria remain unconvinced by HTS's al-Julani's assurances of safety and religious freedom.

Knidos was home to notable figures such as Eudoxus, an esteemed astronomer, Sostratus, the architect behind the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Abbas said in a statement that he thanked the pope "for his positions in support of achieving a just peace in Palestine based on the two-state solution."

Archaeologists assume the sarcophagus was covered by a layer of gravel and sand brought by a flood or tsunami.