In 1204, crusaders from Western Europe stormed Constantinople, looting one of the richest cities of the medieval world. This documentary explores whether the Fourth Crusade was truly the decisive ...

The early Byzantine fortress Tuida was integral to the defense system, and this was the fourth coin of this kind retrieved ...

THE medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

The history of Modern Greek at Harvard University began in 1828, just a few years after the Greek War of Independence started ...

What do castles mean to us today? Once built to protect and project power, these historic fortresses are now windows into the ...

For more than a century, experts have argued whether it belonged to the 11th-century ruler Constantine IX Monomachos and how the crown ended up on the far northern reaches of the Byzantine Empire.

One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th ...

Crews were battling two different fires in the Inland Empire Saturday afternoon, with one burning on both sides of Highway 138. The first fire, which is being called the Lake Fire, is burning near ...

Watch the Empire State Building Celebrate Ariana Grande’s Birthday With a Musical Light Show The famed skyscraper put on a multicolored display to celebrate the "Thank U, Next" singer.

Description Unique Hotel housed in reconstructed 6th-century Byzantine Tower & medieval church (dating from 1400). Location and History Located three short blocks south of the Duomo, with striking ...

The Byzantine liturgy is based on liturgy developed by St. James for the Antiochaian church, but modified by St. Basil (329-379) and St. John Chrysostom (344-407).

Traditional fishing in the lagoons stretches back to Byzantine times and Venetian rule. Credit: Ministry of Culture The Messolonghi-Aitolikos Lagoons National Park in Western Greece is a testament to ...