The Code of Justinian, a collection of laws compiled by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, is widely regarded as the foundation of Western law.

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 ...

There is a rare mental disorder where the patient believes he is a werewolf; this condition was discovered first by Byzantine physicians.

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 ...

Qalaat Semaan, also known as the Church of St. Simeon Stylites, stands in the Aleppo countryside, northwestern Syria, as one ...

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

Restoration is set to begin at the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for the first time in 600 years. The ...

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 ...

Amid the vast Syrian desert, southwest of the city of Raqqa, rise the imposing ruins of Resafa Castle, also known as ...

A year ago, Daryl Morey sat before a microphone in Camden and said that if you just “squint a little bit,” you could see a ...

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

Politicians have been sneaking into religious art for centuries. The Byzantine emperor Justinian had himself depicted in a ...