and Latins forced successive emperors to reinforce these walls, something Michael VIII Palaiologos especially focused on after reconquering the city. His successors added a second line and other ...

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 true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

Istanbul marked the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the groundbreaking gathering convened in 325 by ...

A 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb was discovered in Syria’s Idlib province during reconstruction, offering a glimpse into the ...

Life-sized statues of superheroes like Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange and Thor greet visitors to the new Heroes Museum & Gallery ...

On May 29, 1453, as dawn broke over the ancient walls of Constantinople, the thousand-year-old dream of a Roman Empire breathing through Christian lungs came to a shattering fall. Sultan Mehmed II’s ...

Eli Cohen, a Mossad spy caught operating under cover among the highest echelons in Syria, was hanged in Damascus. The information he gathered became instrumental to the IDF’s success in the Golan ...

Dubrovnik has long been dubbed the “Pearl of the Adriatic,” and at first glance, it’s easy to see why. Enclosed within ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...