Thanks to the government shutdown, 170 priceless Greek objects were locked in DC's National Gallery for several weeks. They're finally open to the public in a Byzantine art exhibit worth visiting.

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 ...

A Greek cultural historian and philologist with special interests in the construction and maintenance of regional, ethnic and gender identities in Archaic and Classical Greece. Current interests ...