The amazing relationship between Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora is one of the most captivating stories of ...

The name Basil II is remembered throughout Byzantine history as one of its most powerful and ruthless Emperors in battle.

The Hagia Sophia is one of the most significant buildings in world history, located in Istanbul. It was originally ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery in ...

From Charlottesville to the Capitol, medieval imagery has been repeatedly on show at far-right rallies and riots in recent years. But amid all the expected Viking imagery and nods to the Crusaders has ...

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense, says ...

(The Conversation) — Fierce debates about visual depictions of the sacred have existed for centuries. An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine Empire over images of Christ. (The ...

About a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire — the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire — signs of its impending doom were written in garbage. The researchers discovered that trash ...

Judean Desert finds dated 1,400 years ago bear witness to 'flourishing Christian pilgrimage industry' as travelers from ...