The Cathars appeared in Europe in the eleventh century, their origins something of a mystery though there is reason to ...

The fifth-century bishop of Ravenna, famed for his brief but brilliant sermons, is honored as a Doctor of the Church.

Built at the foot of Mount Vermion, the of Veria, Greece was the second most-important town, after Aigai, in the ancient ...

The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and ...

Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia ...

A stunning archaeological breakthrough in the Middle East has brought one of the Holy Land's forgotten cities back into the spotlight. Experts believe they have uncovered the ancient Byzantine-era ...

The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453, when Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.

The archaeological site of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian settlement of Tharais - lost for centuries - has been found in ...

Halfeti, in southeastern Turkey, was one of several towns and villages to be intentionally flooded when the Birecik Dam was ...

The Byzantine Christian settlement has been discovered in Jordan, marked on the Madaba Mosaic Map, the oldest surviving ...

Whether in the misty fjords of the North or the Dnieper River in Kyiv, baptism was often a coerced conversion — a communal ...

Hidden in a quiet Italian town is one of the world's most unique art schools – and a rewarding destination for curious ...