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.

At the height of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was the jewel of the Christian world, a city of breathtaking palaces, sprawling forums, and magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia. Its walls had ...

Researchers tell ‘human story’ about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empire ...

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,” ...

The US researchers have discovered the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world’s first proven pandemic, the plague of Justinian , that killed millions of people in the Byzantine ...

Researchers believe this discovery provides a unique and important opportunity to understand the impact of one of the world's ...

A few days ago, as President Tinubu was making news for all the wrong reasons in Ankara, on the heels of his state visit to ...

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

Far-right media mogul Konstantin Malofeev used to be an influential but fringe figure in Russian politics. While ...