What happened after the Ottomans took Constantinople in 1453? In this new season of Kings and Generals’ Ottoman Empire documentary, we explore the transformation of the former Byzantine capital into ...

The Byzantine Empire (also known as Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire) was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that ...

A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex ...

A 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb was discovered in Syria’s Idlib province during reconstruction, offering a glimpse into the ...

Based on the presence of the cross and the pottery and glass pieces that were found, this tomb dates back to the Byzantine ...

A contractor found a tomb complex dating back to the Byzantine Empire in Syria's Idlib province, just as many residents have ...

Greek fire was the mysterious weapon used by the Byzantines to destroy enemies and prospective invaders, keeping the Empire strong.

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East ...

Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, is no ordinary archaeological site. Discovered in 1939, it stunned historians with its 7th-century ...