The Hagia Sophia, a chameleon of architecture, has shape-shifted through history, adapting to the whims of conquerors and the ...

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The history and characteristics of the unique surviving portrait of the last byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, ...

Praise Jesus” instead of “hello” is what one often hears in Transcarpathia, Ukraine’s westernmost region. Known for piousness ...

The fall of Constantinople, the last bastion of the Roman Empire, triggered an intellectual exodus that would ignite the ...

Tervel accepted. Justinian II rode to the walls of Constantinople in 705, accompanied by an army of fifteen thousand Bulgar and Slav horsemen. He and his forces waited outside of the city’s gates for ...

‘If you’re a little wobbly with your balance, the wall will give you the support that you need,’ Nolan explains. The more stable you feel, the more likely you are to perform the exercises ...

PARIS (AP) — An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” returned Friday to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after it was saved from the ...

Part of our slow travel philosophy centers around ensuring the kids connect with local culture and get a global historical perspective. I want to empower other parents visiting famous places to seek ...

Years: 753 BCE-1453 CE Land area: 1.9 million sq. mi. Capital: Rome, Constantinople Reason for decline: Corruption, economic problems, barbarian invasions and migrations into the empire.

If you’re not already familiar with the “AI Wall,” you’re about to be. The tech press has been speculating about the AI Wall for weeks, as folks who are molding the technology keep asking ...

Its mosaics and frescoes, created during the Palaiologan period (1261–1453, when the Palaiologoi were the ruling dynasty), are some of the most sumptuous to have been commissioned in the imperial ...