Greek fire was a mysterious weapon that helped the mighty Byzantine Empire survive and ensure its vast sovereignty for ...

What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

Diana Darke’s brilliant history of medieval architecture reveals the extent of Islamic influence on the foundational phase of ...

A farmer’s 1860 discovery in Slovakia, the Monomachos Crown, may link to Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX. Featuring enameled ...

Houston’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, one of the largest Greek Orthodox communities in the nation, expects to cover each of its walls with colorful Byzantine iconography by the year 2027, ...

A farmer’s unexpected discovery in Slovakia has revealed a stunning 1,000-year-old crown ...

Over 300 years (1048–1348 CE), the Byzantine Empire was locked in an enduring struggle with the Seljuk Turks. These clashes focused on dominance over Asia Minor and neighbouring territories, parts of ...

A Palestinian farmer recently stumbled upon a 1,500-year-old mosaic dating to the Byzantine era beneath his olive orchard in ...

One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th century.

For centuries, the origin of the so-called Justinianic Plague—the epidemic that ravaged the Mediterranean world in the sixth ...