Beyond the usual travel bucket lists lie hidden gems that once shaped the course of civilizations. This guide uncovers 7 ...

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lie that they are holding settlements that are actually under the control of the Russian army. This is reported by the Ukrainian military public Deep State.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I leads the service of the Graveside Lamentation at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, April 18, 2025.

The story of Constantinople’s fall is not merely about siege towers and cannon fire. It is about how a man chose to die with his people and how a people chose to fight rather than submit. Further, it ...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY – On this day in 1930, the ancient city of Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s government, a landmark move in Turkey’s drive to assert a unified ...

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever-changing By Mark Feeney Globe Staff,Updated May 9, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

Constantinople brings its cross-cultural music to the Methodist Church in Saranac Sunday, May 4. Photo provided The band, Constantinople, weaves that history into its music.

Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd. Friday, 7.30 p.m. Tickets $10-$48 at virtuosiconcerts.ca Supplied Constantinople is Mediterranean and Middle Eastern medieval and baroque music.

Successive attacks from the Latins, Serbs, Bulgarians and Ottoman Turks, as well as mass fatalities from the Black Death, had weakened the Byzantine Empire and the population within Constantinople ...

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is often transmitted by fleas and passed through small animals like rodents or cats, the plague has been responsible for more than 200 million deaths ...

Share this: Email Facebook Twitter Pinterest By Science News Magazine Issue: Vol. 22 No. #601, October 15, 1932 ...