In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

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.

Whatever date you pick for the fall of the Roman Empire—perhaps you’re a 476 traditionalist, or maybe you’re like me and you prefer the turbulent wave of downturns in the 530s and 540s—the ...

Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

Discovered near Kfar Saba, the ornate coffin fittings may hint at ties to pagan cults -- or a Roman soldier’s final journey ...

Empire forged intricate trade routes with the Far East, navigating geopolitical challenges and cultural barriers. This video ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

Was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of Ancient Greece, or something entirely new? In this video, we trace the Hellenization of the Eastern Roman Empire—from language shifts and classical education ...

Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

The current crisis between Israel and Iran, as well as the involvement of the United States of America, has proved once more that in international power ...

Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula ...

“Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off” ( 1 Kings 20:11 ) ...