Archaeologists have located Tharais, a lost Byzantine city featured on the 6th-century Madaba Mosaic Map in Jordan. The ...

Based on the presence of the cross and the pottery and glass pieces that were found, this tomb dates back to the Byzantine ...

From the unusual natural scenery to its rock-hewn churches and frescos, discovering all of what Cappadocia has to offer is ...

The traces and signs of the old Byzantine Empire have been largely lost in history and urban ... For a more tailored experience, families might enjoy our Topkapi Palace Tour for Kids, which is ...

Credit: Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons Medieval Cyprus: Crusaders, Commerce, and Competing Powers Despite the fragmentation of the Roman Empire, Cyprus remained a part of the ...

we mentioned the Akritai (or Akritoi), a group of light infantry soldiers who guarded the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire and were recruited from the peasants of the border provinces. Today, ...

Some suggested one or more of the graves could be the remains of a Byzantine king. The burial sites have been dated to approximately 575 AD, a time when the Roman Empire had already withdrawn from ...

They gave themselves an incredibly tough act to follow, after last year's pantomime Beauty and the Beast was branded 'the best in years' but Sunderland Empire ... back on the map as a panto ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...

However, that was the theory; in practice, things were very different because, seeing that he had such a powerful force, Bohemund changed his target and set it on the hated Byzantine Empire. He ...

as well as evidence of habitation from the fourth to sixth centuries A.D., when the area was part of the Byzantine Empire. During a recent expedition, archaeologists excavated a medieval dwelling ...