The box, marked “Ceramic Ornament for Home Decoration” in the shipping manifest, arrived in Oklahoma City from the United Kingdom, according to a Sept. 18 U.S. Customs and Border Protection news ...

Customs officials found an ancient object inside a seemingly mundane shipment from the UK into Oklahoma. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs officials inspecting an overseas shipment arriving ...

The beginning of the campaign – Heraclius’ first victories – The failed siege of Constantinople by Persians, Avars, and Slavs ...

Archaeologists find more than 40 Roman coins and melted jewelry in a burned chest from the third century AD in Histria.

In an 1882-84 census conducted by the Ottoman government, Jews accounted for about 48,000, or 56%, of the city’s 85,000 inhabitants. Today, as a consequence of the Holocaust, barely 1,000 Jews ...

Erupting in AD 541–542 and returning for centuries, the Byzantine plague almost destroyed Justinian’s Byzantium.

The Byzantine army was among the most powerful and effective military forces in the world from the 7th to the 12th centuries/ ...

The bathhouse, attached to what researchers identify as a Byzantine bishop's residence, represents far more than personal luxury. According to excavation director Assoc. Prof. Gökçen Kurtuluş Öztaşkın ...

Archaeologists near the Sea of Galilee have discovered a rare, nearly 1,400-year-old hoard of gold coins and jewelry dating to the Byzantine era. The hoard contained 97 pure gold coins and dozens of ...

Nicholas Gage of North Grafton has received Greece's highest civilian honor. Gage, who came to Worcester at the age of 10 from Greece, is the author of the memoir "Eleni." Gage's mother Eleni was ...

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