Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever since the reversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, the Muslim call to prayer has been resounding from its minarets.

In 1453, Constantinople was no longer the metropolis of Justinian. Its population had shrunk dramatically. Entire districts were fields. The Hippodrome lay in ruins. The Great Palace was largely ...

Hagia Sophia, a 6th century CE cathedral which now serves as a museum within the city of Istanbul, Turkey (image by Derzsi Elekes Andor via Wikimedia). A new Baptismal font discovered at the Hagia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is a purpose-built structure, and its purpose is the worship of the Christian God.

WASHINGTON — The government of Syria plans to build a replica of Hagia Sophia, with support from Russia, as a protest against Turkey’s decision to turn the famous former Byzantine cathedral back into ...

When Western tourists who are visiting Istanbul, Turkey, cruise into a port, many typically look for one particular landmark: the Hagia Sophia. Identifying the ancient temple, which has served as a ...

With so much happening locally and nationally, one may overlook a peripheral, seemingly irrelevant event 5,000 miles away. Many readers know of Hagia Sophia — the Church of the Holy Wisdom — in ...

One doesn’t need to ask directions to the Hagia Sophia while in Istanbul — as long as you’re on the correct side of the Bosporus, you’ll see it. It is a magnificent structure — formally a church and ...