A 12TH-CENTURY Greek lectionary that was donated to a village church in 1948 cannot be sold without a faculty , the ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

Prince Borivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (probably) started building Prague Castle in AD 880, and over the centuries various ...

With captivating histories and artistic splendours, some of these incredible places of worship have also become key tourist ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Moldovița Monastery bears an epic scene of the Siege of Constantinople ... One of the prime examples of the 12th-century fusion is the Palatine Chapel located inside the Royal Palace.

The monks then presented the eggs to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople, where he created a thriving silk industry. Silkworms reached Italy through Sicily in the 12th century ...

There are resplendent mosaics of biblical scenes, made in the workshops of the imperial palace in Constantinople ... their walls during the turbulent 12th-century Crusades. The monastery ...

The exchange between Tübingen and Constantinople didn’t inspire either party to ... Yet, at the same time, he taught Homer with the aid of the 12th-century commentary of Eustathius of Thessalonica.