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

The oldest churches have stood as some of the most awe-inspiring structures in human history, preserving the legacies of ...

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

The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising ...

Here, seven historians tell Rolling Stone how monarchs, elites, and dictators of the past anticipated someone like Trump, the ...

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where ...

Researchers found the remains of the ascetic individual bound in chains. Small metal plates and a tiny cross were found near ...

It is also among the most "serene" of the Greek islands, said John Gimlette in The Guardian, thanks in part to its extraordinary history. According to Christian tradition, Saint John wrote the ...

The discovery, made near the village of Holzthum in northern Luxembourg, includes 141 gold solidi, coins minted under the rule of nine Roman emperors between 364 and 408 AD. Found near the base of a ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his wife.

Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...