The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

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 ...

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

Byzantine coins of Constantine I (Constantine the Great) discovered in Japan. Photo of Constantine I coin exhibited at the State Museum of Berlin. Credit: Public Domain A number of Byzantine coins ...

The site is linked historically with Saint Sabbas, one of the founders of Judean Desert monasticism, whose legacy shaped monastic practices for centuries. The Civil Administration’s Archaeology Unit ...

For as long as pilgrims have flocked to the Holy Land, locals have apparently been peddling them souvenirs and trinkets. In a rare find, Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered the tools used some 1 ...

The coins feature crosses on one side and the portrait of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, who reigned between 610 and 641 CE, on the other. The discovery was announced yesterday, on Christmas Eve, but ...

Recently, rare finds from the Byzantine period were uncovered at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the northern Judean Desert, including two gold coins and a delicate gold ring. These discoveries ...

“CBS Evening News” co-anchor Maurice DuBois is leaving the network amid a larger overhaul of the struggling news program. He announced his exit Thursday on Instagram, saying his last day at the ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 7,093,3841-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Prester John What it’s about: A legendary medieval king, who ruled over an opulent land ...

In the year 830 CE, Theophilus, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor, was loaded. He sent a bunch of expensive gifts to the Abbasid Caliph, and his own throne was solid gold with golden lions and ...