Byzantine depiction of the Magi in a sixth-century mosaic at the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy.

“When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.’” (Matthew 2:1-2)