Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

It was used as a church in the Byzantine period ... until it was outblazed by the greater empire to the west: Rome. In A.D. 106, the emperor Trajan annexed the Nabataean territories, and the ...

The smaller, weakened Byzantine Empire, restored after the crusade ... dominated by Lee Kuan Yew’s family and close allies. The Need for Greater Corporate Accountability The discussion of ...

The Albanian case is very similar to the problems that the Croat 19 th century nationalists faced with the acute lack of relevant ingredients for forging the nation, what they needed: land, people, ...

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Old Sandals With a Message in Greek, Provides an Insight Into Rich Hellenic History A pair of lady’s sandals that was 1,500 years old was discovered with a sweet message in Greek during a dig in ...

Such was their influence in Church history, through their evangelization efforts, that Pope John Paul II named the two ...

The Fairy Flag - Am Bratach Sith in Gaelic - has pride of place in the drawing room of Skye's Dunvegan Castle, ancestral home ...

Why did the Prime Minister go to Brussels yesterday to have dinner with European Union leaders during what they call their ...