The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

Columella’s “own community” was the region of what is today Cádiz in Spain.

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

Such was their influence in Church history, through their evangelization efforts, that Pope John Paul II named the two ...

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Following the protests, the General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums filed a complaint against the responsible persons ...

A 1,500-year-old Byzantine cistern next to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, transformed into a luxurious spa center operated by ...

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Romans and the Eastern Roman Empire continues with a video in which we ask if the Byzantine Empire was the heir to the ...

Kings and Generals is remaking its animated historical documentary on the history of the Ottoman Empire, beginning with ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...