It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising power of the Muslim Seljuk ...

A farmer’s unexpected discovery in Slovakia has revealed a stunning 1,000-year-old crown ...

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

Anna Komnene, the 11th-century Byzantine princess who defied medieval norms to become one of the first female historians with the Alexiad.

New Crusader Kings 3 DLC All Under Heaven expands the medieval grand strategy game’s map across East Asia, introducing more ways to rule.

Known as the Bromeswell bucket, the artifact found at England’s Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon site probably held the cremated remains of an important person, archaeologists say.

The poor were entitled to free healthcare during Byzantine times. Credit: Wellcomeimages, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 The Byzantine Empire is primarily known for its political and religious ...

Marco Polo and the Mongol Empire’s Strategic Diplomacy Marco Polo, while the most famous today, was just one of many emissaries bridging Medieval Europe and the Mongol Empire.

The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was one of the most powerful and enduring civilisations in world history. It began in AD 330 when the Roman Emperor Constantine I declared ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The gold coin appears to be from the Byzantine Empire in the early 13th century, but ...

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a medieval house that contained even older gold coins, which date to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great.