On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine ... dubbed the last Christian ruler of Constantinople, showing his true likeness ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.