Among the existing ruins, which include a theater, basilica, and ancient market, they discovered a remarkable statue of a ...

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

“Byzantine history abounds in instances of men and women who refused to obey an emperor’s orders, mostly on religious grounds,” writes Kaldellis. With a single exception, popular uprisings ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

With its arid mountains, rocky coves and "cobalt-blue" seas, Patmos is "magnificent". It is also among the most "serene" of ...

Works being carried out as part of an Israel Land Authority development have unearthed Byzantine-era buildings, including a ...

Nestled in the 16th arrondissement, the Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot church impresses with its Romanesque-Byzantine architecture ...

An ancient Christian monastery has been discovered north of Kiryat Gat, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced in a press release. “The monastery is dated to the Byzantine period ...

The Project was directed from Sussex by Prof. Liz James (Department of Art History, University of Sussex and Sussex Centre for Byzantine Cultural History). It remains housed in the Centre for ...

The Centre's staff cover between them a wide range of fields and expertise in respect of both the history and the languages of the East Mediterranean region, including: late Roman and early, middle ...

Hagia Sophia, an architectural marvel and a symbol of Istanbul’s rich history, stands as a testament to the city’s diverse cultural heritage. Originally built as a cathedral in the 6th century, it has ...

Though the beginnings of the Byzantine Empire are unclear, its demise is not. The history of the Eastern Roman Empire, from its foundation in 324 to its conquest in 1453, is one of war, plague, ...