Who was Byzas, the legendary Greek founder of the city of Byzantium? This article examines where he was from, what he did, ...

Born in the late 5th century, Theodora's early life was marked by hardship. As an actress—a profession viewed with disdain at the time—she encountered social ...

Per travel writer Rick Steves, this busy and exciting Moroccan city has so much going on that the "Star Wars" cantina scene has nothing on it.

Byzantium, an ancient Greek city founded in 657 BCE by settlers from the city-state of Megara, was located on the Bosporus Strait in modern Istanbul, Turkey. Its strategic position between Europe and ...

It has made the city a hub of cultures, influenced by Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans. This history is seen in a ...

The star, who is also a graduate of the University of Bristol, also told of how he regularly returns to the city - not just for ... down at a restaurant called Byzantium in St Mary Redcliffe.

What are the best city building games? There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting down for an afternoon of city building games. We’ve lost countless hours lining up buildings just how we like ...

immerses you into the atmosphere that existed some 15 centuries ago in what was the largest city in the medieval world, bigger than Baghdad and Byzantium, with its pagodas and lantern-lit streets.

Other list entries related to the damage of historical sites, such as the parkour tourists in the Unesco World Heritage city of Matera, Italy, who were climbing and jumping over ancient buildings, ...