One of the most spectacular Byzantine mosaics ever discovered in Israel was finally revealed to the public for the first time ...

Fantasy novelist Guy Gavriel Kay, who helped compile Tolkien’s Silmarillion, grapples with the juxtaposition of love and ...

NEW YORK -- Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence agency. Random House announced Tuesday that it would publish ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

The story of this ancient international heist reveals much about the ancient economies of both ancient Rome and China.

In this episode of Kings and Generals' historical animated series, we examine the cultural and intellectual legacy of the Byzantine Empire and ask whether it can truly be considered the heir to ...

In 1081, while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis, Robert Guiscard, Norman Duke of Apulia-Calabria, sought to take advantage and launched his conquest. To maintain appearances, he ...

as they became the new standard references for centuries to come and were the sources of knowledge that thousands of physicians across the Byzantine Empire used to treat their patients. For example, ...

Some suggested one or more of the graves could be the remains of a Byzantine king. The burial sites have been dated to approximately 575 AD, a time when the Roman Empire had already withdrawn from ...

A Byzantine monastery with a colorful mosaic ... It comes from a passage in the Bible’s book of Deuteronomy that describes blessings that will be granted those who obey God’s commands.

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 ...