This episode begins season two of the animated documentary series on the rise of the Ottoman Empire. After conquering Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans began reshaping the city into their imperial ...

Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt are unraveling the secrets of an ancient military site used during the Ptolemaic dynasty and ...

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 ...

Dubrovnik, from the 14th century to today, has employed practices that closely align with modern-day public diplomacy principles.

Mosaic panel located at the southwestern entrance of the basilica Hagia Sophia depicting the emperor Constantine I holding a model of the city of Constantinople (right), the emperor Justinian I ...

Pope Francis was deeply committed to ecumenism and maintained close ties with leaders like Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople, Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and ...

Pritzker is holding out for assurances before Illinois will transfer property the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to begin construction on the long-awaited fortifications at a chokepoint dam on ...