The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

For instance, the ‘Agreement on Peace and Love’ between ancient Russia and the Byzantine Empire was signed in 860, and the envoys of Russian principalities were frequent guests in the states of ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of ... capital of an Arab client state of the Roman Empire that briefly rebelled and carved out its ...

In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, ...

A century on from the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, which rang the death knell on the Caliphate and the Ottoman Empire ... once supported by the Byzantine imperial peace were ...

Syria’s renowned landmarks, such as the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval castle of Crac des Chevaliers, still bear ...

He is a former director of the American Academy in Rome, a past president of the Medieval Academy of America ... Japanese living in the shadow of the Chinese Empire, of the Arabs in that of the ...

Enamel painting, lithograph, published in 1897 Enamel painting: 1 - 3) Egyptian (Roman Empire); 4) Greek (4th century BC); 5) Franconian (8th century); 6) Celtic buckle; 7 - 11) Indian; 12) Chinese, ...