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

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 ...

The Theodosian Walls protected Constantinople for just over ten centuries until the city fell to the Ottomans in 1453. Yet, the wall survived both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, with sections of ...

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

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

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

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

Jordan nominated East Jerusalem as UNESCO World Heritage site, reflecting a Hashemite long-term custodianship over Muslim and ...

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

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

In 603, the new Persian emperor, Khosrow II, seizing on a palace coup in Constantinople as a pretext, launches a full-scale invasion of the Byzantine Empire. For twenty-five years, a relentless ...