Was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of Ancient Greece, or something entirely new? In this video, we trace the Hellenization of the Eastern Roman Empire—from language shifts and classical ...

A mosaic adorning the entrance to a fifth-century church in Turkey ’s ancient city of Olympus is both just the tip of the ...

A team of archaeologists has successfully identified the location of the ancient city of Tharais, a Byzantine site represented in the famous Madaba Map Mosaic.. The discovery, made in the northwest of ...

Zeno was the Byzantine Emperor who witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire. He is known for being buried alive by his ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Byzantine mosaic in Dara, revealing the Greek-influenced city's military and religious ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

Believed to be more than 1,500 years old from the Byzantine Empire, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Aleppo and Damascus.

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al ...

Ancient Byzantine monastery uncovered at Israeli construction site ... At least 10 people were shot dead and 29 injured in Kenya as anti-government protests erupted after restarting early last month.