“Byzantine” is largely a historiographical term, variably used to describe the Eastern Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Byzantines referred to themselves as Romaioi ...

Some prominent women of the Byzantine Empire ended up as saints, scholars ... Aristocratic women like Anicia Juliana supported grand building projects, such as churches embellished with magnificent ...

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered the ruins of a Byzantine-period monastery with a colorful mosaic floor and a Greek inscription, an ancient wine press and ...

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

A helmet found among the artifacts from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may serve as evidence that early Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th ...

But the most significant discovery lies in the margins, where handwritten notes from the 14th century provide firsthand accounts of events during the Byzantine Empire. One note, written in the early ...

The Albanian case is very similar to the problems that the Croat 19 th century nationalists faced with the acute lack of ...

The Empire State Building social media account made its feelings clear about being forced to light up in midnight green to recognize the Eagles' accomplishment. It’s a tradition that happens ...

Shirleen Allicot lights up Empire State Building for hurricane victims Shirleen Allicot is shining a light on the victims of Hurricane Helene and Milton by lighting the Empire State Building red ...

Much to the chagrin of New Yorkers, the Empire State Building's X account shared a post on Sunday evening saying, "I’m sorry I have to do this. Shining in @Eagles colors in honor of their NFC ...

From A.D. 363, Petra became part of the Byzantine Empire. Some of its buildings were adorned with Byzantine mosaics such as this, representing fall. A.D. 363 Now part of the Byzantine Empire ...