Byzantium: The Lost Empire
Season 1 • Episode 2: Heaven on Earth • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: Heaven on Earth
September 14, 1997 • 45 min
John Romer continues his exploration of the Byzantium empire by looking at the creation of Christian art, with the face of Christ and the Virgin Mary first being portrayed. From the Scala Sancta, the oldest chapel of the popes in Rome where an icon is said to be the true face of Jesus to the border fortresses of Roman Syria, never before filmed.
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