Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

The status of the Crimean Peninsula has entered international public consciousness over the past decade. Since the events of ...

The Chronicle of the Morea is the history of 14th-century Greece, specifically the Peloponnese -- once called the Morea.

The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

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Discover how his loyalty to Emperor Justinian and his unmatched tactical brilliance laid the foundation for some of the Byzantine ... Empire’s greatest triumphs. Trump 'border czar' tells ABC ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

The discovery reinforces the theory that Hadrianopolis was not only a cultural center but also a strategic military enclave of the Roman Empire ... during the Roman and Byzantine periods.

In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

Elements of Byzantine and Persian building styles merged ... Tibet and Xinjiang. The Qing Empire reached its greatest extent in 1760 after a series of military conquests under the remarkably ...