Michael III, the "Alcoholic" Byzantine Emperor, ruled surprisingly well despite his controversial behavior and personal ...

Even before the war, the mosaic was well documented by archaeologists as a rare work of art that had survived iconoclasm — where use of religious images was banned by Byzantine emperors throughout the ...

A museum that opened this week in Cyprus showcases priceless early Christian artworks, many of which were recovered after being stolen from churches in the north of the war-split island.

The findings also show that, after Grey’s death, her eyes, mouth, and ears were scratched out, suggesting a deliberate iconoclastic attack on her legacy as a Protestant martyr. The rare artwork ...

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense ...