The Byzantines maintained relations with China. Credit: Carole Raddato, Flickr CC-BY-SA 2.0 The Byzantine Empire, which was known at the time as the Eastern Roman Empire, maintained a relatively ...

Fresco by Giovanni Cimabue in the Lower Basilica of Assisi. Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Archaeologists in Greece reported back from Philippi of the astounding archaeological marvels recently unearthed, including a youth in the wall.

During excavations north of the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, archaeologists uncovered a sprawling compound from the Byzantine era that contained 10 buildings, including a monastery, a winepress ...

Slowly but surely the hunger for a visual reenactment of the Holy Week led to concrete realizations of the spiritual ... History and archeology, still sketchy at best, were not the only sources in ...

Image: public domain. The reenactment group forms near St James's Palace, on the Mall in period funeral dress at around 11.15am. At 11.30am, they proceed to Horse Guards Parade where a ...

At least it was snowing and not raining Monday when the sled dog team re-enacting the Centennial Serum Run to Nome left Nenana, exactly 100 years after that lifesaving journey took place in 1925 ...

One hundred years ago today, a sled dog team left Nenana carrying lifesaving anti-toxin medication to save people in Nome from a diphtheria epidemic. “Wild Bill” Shannon was the first dog team ...

Past visitors likened Living History Farms to Colonial Williamsburg and said the interpreters are knowledgeable, informative and fun to observe. Many reported that this is a great educational ...

Did Richard III kill his nephews? Historians weigh the evidence Did Richard III kill his nephews? Historians weigh the evidence One of the last Tuskegee airman has died. This was his legacy. One ...