On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.

The fall of the Western Roman Empire was not a single event but a chain reaction. Key battles such as Adrianople, the Frigidus River, the Catalonian Plains, and Cape Bon drained manpower, morale, and ...

The Battle of Tricamarum (533 AD) led to the collapse of the Vandal Kingdom. It pitted the Byzantine Empire, under its able general Belisarius, against the illustrious Vandal Kingdom, under King ...

When you think of Byzantine emperors, you don’t necessarily think of flying thrones, machines and automations, do you?

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United ...

A new genetic study has revealed that the people of Deep Mani, who inhabit one of the remotest regions of mainland Greece, ...

Turkey has long been defined by its ability to connect worlds. In Istanbul, that connection plays out between continents. But ...

Fuelled by those iconic TV ads and catchy 131 241 slogans, the restaurant chain was one of the country’s largest pizza chains in the 90s. The company grew into a 180-store empire, spanning across ...

A week meandering between ancient sites — via cedar-shaded hillsides and turquoise bays — leaves the modern world feeling ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town well ...

US indices fall in overnight trading during the holiday session, as the EU/US trade agreement has been torn up. The Nasdaq 100 is down pretty significantly during early trading on Monday, losing about ...

Method of Mechanical Theorems is a letter from Archimedes to Eratosthenes, the head of the library of Alexandria and a ...