A new archaeometric study of 66 marble artifacts from the early Byzantine villages of Porphyreon and Chhim in Lebanon reveals ...

Buried beneath desert sands for over a millennium, a hidden monastery has emerged in Israel—revealing how early Christian ...

Case-Shiller and FHFA data show U.S. home prices rose in January, led by the Northeast, while Sunbelt markets like Tampa cooled. Annual gains remained modest overall. Mobile-first 50K.Trade offers ...

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Thanks to ingenious water management technology and strong urban markets in the prosperous Byzantine Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries ... The camel driver Orbikon with his amphora load. From ...

This lavish 19th-century Romano-Byzantine basilica is an architectural and artistic wonder with vivid marble, mosaics and murals ... Travel back to the Ottoman Empire with a visit to the Grand Bazaar.

Empress Theodora with her retinue. Mosaic of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, VI century. Public Domain The position of women in Byzantine society is not easy to assess considering the vast ...

This icon is a remarkable survival from the so-called “dark ages” of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. It is the oldest known depiction ... which also strongly resemble the naturalistic ...

None of his recent films are as strange and bewildering as “The Empire,” a science-fiction epic, where the action is split between a galactic void and the Opal coast in Northern France. After the ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town ...

The following room presents a virtual reproduction of the Madaba Map, a renowned 6th-century mosaic map of Jerusalem uncovered at the end of the 19th century in an ancient Byzantine church in Jordan.