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

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

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 ...

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.

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

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, ...

Israel was part of the Eastern Roman Empire—now commonly referred to as the Byzantine Empire. The period was characterized by the spread of Christianity and the construction of important sites ...

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