In 1986, a sixth-century Byzantine copper-alloy bucket was found in the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in ...

The creed set the standard for orthodoxy for 1,700 years. But no one professes the faith today in the ancient Turkish town ...

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, its legacy didn't vanish - it was pursued, claimed, and reimagined. In this video, we trace the many powers that sought to inherit Rome’s authority, from ...

A pair of 1,500-year-old lady's sandals with a message in Greek was discovered during a dig in Constantinople, today's ...

Russia and North Africa tell the story of the rise and fall of Byzantium and life in the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople. Particular eye-catchers are the relief of the Pazzi Madonna (Donatello, ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose ...

A new analysis of hundreds of obsidian artifacts from the Aztec Empire has revealed the vast trade networks that supplied ...

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Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed his presidential predecessor, Joe Biden, for the stock market’s weak performance, as the main U.S. indexes eked out gains despite a report showed the economy has ...

A new study, though, has posited that a climactic event called the Late Antique Little Ice Age may have been the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. Did this mini-ice ...