A mysterious inscription sheds light on the issue of whether the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria was constructed over the ...

A recently discovered Greek inscription at the base of a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria has rekindled a longstanding scholarly debate about the exact location of the Temple of the sun ...

Through an interdisciplinary methodology, the historian reshaped the international image of Byzantium, distancing it from earlier Western-centric interpretations ...

The Byzantine Greeks are a nation that is very often misunderstood for a number of historical and political reasons.

The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens offers visitors a fascinating journey through Greece’s Byzantine and ...

After the fall of Númenor, Gondor rose as the greatest kingdom of Men in Middle-earth — but its survival was never guaranteed ...

The Ancient Greek Dessert That Inspired Modern Recipes Long before the rise of New York–style cheesecake, a sweet cheese dessert was ...

Alchemy in Byzantine times was a long intellectual tradition blending Ancient Greek science, Egyptian symbolism, and ...

At the height of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was the jewel of the Christian world, a city of breathtaking palaces, sprawling forums, and magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia. Its walls had ...

Rippling abs. A gigantic sword. The bowl-cut to end all bowl-cuts. Right from his very first introduction on toy shelves in the early 1980s, He-Man has had it all. Except for a mega-smash movie. While ...

An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently uncovered in Egypt — shedding new light on monastic life in Upper Egypt during the Byzantine era. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...