The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

Tucked away along Croatia's coastline lies a little-known gem that is brimming with historical sites from its past as a ...

Nigel Biggar, CBE, is Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas and author of the bestselling Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2024). He will be speaking at Yorkminster Park Church, Toronto as the guest of the ...

Umm Al Jimal was a site built by Nabataeans in the 1st century AD that was expanded and fortified during the Roman and Byzantine periods (Photo courtesy ... Umm Al Jimal has around 170 buildings, many ...

To that end, he takes up the example of Justinian I, emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire from 527 to 565 ... His large building projects and expensive wars abroad, including campaigns ...

Our Art Deco Centenary series will delve into the style throughout March but to help start us off, this five-minute guide ...

Art deco designers were scavengers, lifting from tribal African sculpture, Mayan temples, Japanese lacquerwork, Byzantine ... with the Empire State Building." Like much art deco, the Empire ...

Gaza was once a crossroads of the ancient civilisations of the Nile and the Levant. The coastal strip was a trading and ...