A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...

The fresco depicts a mature man bearing the distinctive symbols ... These characteristics unequivocally identify the subject as the last Byzantine emperor. What makes this portrait unique is its ...

The iconic Byzantine Walls of Thessaloniki, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are set to receive a stunning new lighting ...

Only a walk inside some of its churches will reveal the city’s stunning and colorful Byzantine mosaics! Ravenna, in Italy’s northern region, is undoubtedly known as the “city of mosaics”. This is ...

The ancient coin was introduced in the Byzantine Empire, also called the Eastern Roman Empire, and likely was minted in Constantinople, the Byzantine capital that is Istanbul today. It is ...

Then I entered an entirely new and exotic realm — the eastern Roman Empire, a dominion that survived the fall of Rome in 476 by almost a thousand years. The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453 ...

It was likely created in Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire. On one face of the coin is a depiction of Jesus, holding a Bible.

A metal detectorist unearthed an ancient gold coin depicting Jesus Christ from the Byzantine Empire in Norway. Martine Kaspersen, Innlandet county municipality Approximately 1,000 years ago in ...