The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where they found colorful Byzantine mosaics and Herodian frescoes ...

Credit: Pistillo99, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Byzantine art and architecture also left a lasting impression on our modern world, in ways direct and indirect. These later influenced Europe via ...

When traveling to Italy, Father Nugent invites travelers to approach their destinations from the perspective of a pilgrim.

and features Byzantine mosaics and an Islamic-style wooden stalactite ceiling. You can also tour the Royal Apartments area, though they are closed Tuesday through Thursday, as well as the Royal ...

Excavation in Pergamon, Turkey unearthed a “Mosaic House” from the Roman period. Archaeologists also discovered an intact, ...

The Madison County residents also enjoyed miso at Drunken Fish and stopped at Left Bank Books on their daytrip to the Gateway ...

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Assos, situated in Behramkale village in Turkey's Çanakkale province in the ...

SS Normandie graced the seas for only four years before meeting a fiery end at the start of world war two. But it was long ...

The floors of the house were intricately decorated with colorful mosaics featuring floral and ... They also found a graveyard from the Byzantine period. Further examination revealed more than ...