In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...

Turkey has created a digital twin of Hagia Sophia, in order to rebuild it if it gets destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake ...

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Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.

Whilst no longer the place for serious conversation, hammams still play an integral part in Turkish culture, with visits to a ...

In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...

While most travellers fly via Singapore on their way Down Under, Jon Sopel discovered the delight of spending time in ...

In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

His light is diffused in the air and the light of God is diffused by Hagia Sophia. We do not see the Blinding One in black emptiness. He speaks to us gently in ten thousand things, in which His light ...