The Church of the Apostles, built atop the home of Jesus' first disciples, was believed by many to be merely a myth. But ...

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

This is fresh air for Orthodox Christians, who have had to bear the accusation of Byzantine theocracy longer than Western Christians have had to bear the accusations of the Crusades and the ...

Archaeologists have unveiled a remarkable Byzantine-era complex in Israel, featuring a vibrant mosaic floor with a Greek ...

the Byzantine period, the Saracen (Arab) domination, and the Norman conquest. The Roman Empire was divided into western and eastern portions during the reign of the pagan emperor Diocletian (284–305).

Email: [[aangelov]] Interests: Medieval Christianity; Eastern Orthodoxy; Byzantine and Balkan history; Conversion; Inter-religious relations; Atheism and Secularization; Cultural Anthropology; ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine, Constantine XI Palaiologos, dubbed the last Christian ruler of Constantinople.

Works being carried out as part of an Israel Land Authority development have unearthed Byzantine-era buildings, including a ...

The symbol of Western Civilization, the Acropolis' Parthenon was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium, ...

This course explores the origins of the development of early Christian and Byzantine art and thought. Focusing on a thematic rather than a chronological approach, the course acknowledges broader ...

What does a great empire do when it's faced with imminent invasion and destruction? It can re-arm at home and seek allies abroad, but more cunningly it can revisit its history to forge a myth that ...