The Byzantine Empire is often overlooked in history. But for over a thousand years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it remained one of the most advanced civilizations in the world. This ...

The New Mosque is backdropped by Istanbul's skyline and the Bosporus, Thursday, July 9, 2015. It's the former seat of the opulent Byzantine and Ottoman empires and is divided into European and Asian ...

The once common idea that the lights went out on classical and Western civilization when Rome fell in 476 C.E. has long since been debunked, but Brownsworth weighs in to illustrate that the Roman ...

Have you ever thought that politics feels like a rollercoaster, with machinations and sharp ups and downs similar to those of ...

Recent archaeological findings and digital mapping of ancient territories have reignited the debate: what truly was the ...

In November, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opened Africa & Byzantium, its first Byzantine-focused exhibition in nearly 20 years. According to the museum’s press release, the show promises ...