Cities like Gadara (Umm Qais) and Gerasa (Jerash) were part of the pottery trade/production network in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.Four types of fine pottery could be assigned: The Phocaean ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...

Understanding Christian antisemitism as a global phenomenon is essential to recognizing its deep historical roots and ongoing ...

The A.D. 536 eruption of an Arctic volcano was so massive that civilizations fell and undying myths took shape. But that's ...

The historian Moshe Sharon demonstrated in 2002 that the detailed descriptions of the battles of the Islamic conquests ...

They wanted to retain their Christian faith at any cost. Catholicos Hovsep of Armenia summoned a meeting of the clergy and ...

Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is among the most intriguing female figures in Byzantine history for a number of good reasons.

Protesters heading to the big Tempi rally at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens on Friday, February 28, can use the “solidarity taxi” free of charge. The Attica Taxi Drivers Association (SOTA) ...

The Greek government is taking significant steps to enhance the legal standing of the Holy Monastery of Sinai by proposing ...

In today's meeting of the Council of Ministers, under the presidency of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, six bills were ...

MPI European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) kicked off February 22 in Istanbul, an iconic city that straddles Europe and ...

Trump's second administration is 'unprecedented' to some, but historians find parallels in ancient Rome, Nazi Germany, and ...