The Byzantine era fortress on Guvercin Ada (Pigeon Island), looking into the Aegean Sea, in the harbour of Kusadasi, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

The Byzantine-era fortress, illuminated at dusk, on Guvercin Ada (Pigeon Island), on the Aegean coast, in Kusadasi, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Interior view of the early Byzantine Church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan, Middle East

View of holy relics inside the early Byzantine Church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan, Middle East

View of the The Madaba Mosaic Map, inside the early Byzantine Church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan, Middle East

Mosaic floor in the Diaconicon-Baptistery from Byzantine times that stands on the top of Mount Nebo, Jordan, Middle East

Interior view of the Christian church from Byzantine times that stands on the top of Mount Nebo, Jordan, Middle East

Interior view of the Christian church from Byzantine times that stands on the top of Mount Nebo, Jordan, Middle East

Mosaic floor in the Diaconicon-Baptistery from Byzantine times that stands on the top of Mount Nebo, Jordan, Middle East

Mosaic floor in the Diaconicon-Baptistery from Byzantine times that stands on the top of Mount Nebo, Jordan, Middle East

Ruins of the Roman-era Imperial Palace of Galerius on Navarinou square in Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe

Panagia Chozoviotissa is an Orthodox rock monastery on the Greek Cycladic island of Amorgos, said to have been founded in the early 9th century, in the Byzantine era, by monks from Palestine. It is the second oldest monastery in Greece, Amorgos, Greece, Europe

Panagia Chozoviotissa is an Orthodox rock monastery on the Greek Cycladic island of Amorgos, said to have been founded in the early 9th century, in the Byzantine era, by monks from Palestine. It is the second oldest monastery in Greece, Amorgos, Greece, Europe