When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

This is the eightheenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time ...

When the basilica was erected, Constantinople ... It was known for its state-of-the-art fortifications. After the Great Schism of 1054, which broke Christianity into Roman Catholic and Eastern ...

Stunning Topkapi Palace was initially built by Ottoman sultan Mehmed II after he conquered Constantinople (Istanbul ... The massive 'ksar' (large mud-brick fortification) was built in the 17th century ...

When, in 1833, Russia briefly occupied Constantinople, in response to the advance of ... which could use climate and terrain to build an ‘impregnable fortification’ against the likes of Napoleon, but ...

As with many other fortifications, there is evidence of an ancient acropolis ... Fourth Crusade when many wealthy Byzantine families fled there following the sack of Constantinople. Ioannina ...

For example, the game’s fictional fortifications resemble Constantinople’s Theodosian Walls, and the citadels and palatial structures of some Calradic castles and cities resemble the Byzantine-era ...

Fortification is one solution. Iodine fortification comes in several forms, a primary one being salt iodisation. This involves fortifying salt with iodine. The WHO recommends that all food-grade salt ...