Amid the constant military campaigns, there was also the “Plague of Justinian,” one of history’s worst pandemics, that ...

Nowhere embodies this exhilarating duality more completely than İstanbul – its largest city and cultural heart. Layered with ...

Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia ...

The fifth-century bishop of Ravenna, famed for his brief but brilliant sermons, is honored as a Doctor of the Church.

The secret of making the most out of this trip is working out when to go big, when to go small, when to go niche and when to ...

The Golden Age of Spain lasted from 711 until 1492 CE. Muslims migrated from Arabia across the straights of Gibraltar to the ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncover an elaborate Roman villa in Tripolis featuring a fish pond used to serve fresh carp, catfish ...

One of the most famous artworks of the ancient world reads almost like a map of the Roman Empire's power.

The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome ...

Archaeologists in southern Jordan have uncovered the long-lost Byzantine city of Tharais, tucked away on the southeast coast ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,400-year-old bronze cauldron in Pergamon, the ancient Greek city in Turkey known for its ...