Surrounded by mountains in the heart of the Balkans, Sofia’s strategic location made it a focus for invasion over the ...

The Minoans made wine here in the 20th century B.C.,” said Ergin Ince, the guide that one of my hotels, Six Senses Kaplankaya ...

Byzantine art had a significant impact on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution of the cultural boom of the early modern ages.

Life in Greece and in the Byzantine Empire as a whole is a fascinating chapter of human history that not many pay attention ...

Archaeological excavations in Thessaloniki uncovered Roman and Hellenistic-era artifacts, including a section of the ...

On the witness stand, former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s dismissive depiction of his close friendship with co-defendant ...

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

For the Greek Orthodox Christians of Syria like myself, the current crisis revives centuries of trauma. Growing up on the ...

Sutton Hoo - first excavated by self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown in 1939 - is widely considered to be England's Valley ...

Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the identity of the remains found at a famous burial site near Suffolk, England.

Sutton Hoo burials may have been British soldiers who fought in Byzantine army - For years, it was believed that royals could ...