For a thousand years after 476, the empire in Constantinople still called itself Roman. The term “Byzantine Empire” was invented in the 16th century—long after the state had fallen. It wasn’t just a ...

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

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

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered a stunning medieval gold ring featuring a rare blue gemstone, providing a remarkable ...

The delicate gold ring was made sometime in the Middle Ages and may have belonged to a high-status woman.

Since 2014, Russia has promoted a nationalist and irredentist narrative portraying Crimea as “historically Russian land,” ...

Welcome back to the Grand Hotseat Campaign! This is Part 6Turn order (factions with less initial regions go first):1: ...

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.

Ian Michael Elliott of neofascist Patriot Front worked ‘crisis relief missions’ funded by Department of Agriculture ...

Archaeologists in Trabzon, Turkey, have made an extraordinary discovery, unearthing one of the world’s only three known ancient river ports. The structure, found buried nearly eight meters (26 feet) ...

A cache of 18th-century letters reveals Suzanne Vera’s ancestral link to the French acquisition of the Venus de Milo, tracing a remarkable Greek family story of diplomacy, revolution and cultural ...

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