The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

This video examines the Muslim conquests of the 7th century through the eyes of the Eastern Roman Empire. We explore how ...

Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the identity of the remains found at a famous burial site near Suffolk, England.

Thanks to politics and the passage of time, grand monuments of the 1,000-year Byzantine Empire are easy to miss in the modern metropolis. Tourists take photographs in the Byzantine-era Chora Church, ...

From Charlottesville to the Capitol, medieval imagery has been repeatedly on show at far-right rallies and riots in recent years. But amid all the expected Viking imagery and nods to the Crusaders has ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery in ...

Excavators in Israel have discovered a trove of 44 Byzantine gold coins and other valuables. Coins from the hoard were minted by the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Phocas (A.D. 602 to ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling an ambitious transformation in the George D. and Margo Behrakis Wing for Art of the Ancient World: five reimagined ...

Scientists are looking into a possible link. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- By examining the literal dustbins of history, archaeologists have now shed light on how a 125-year ...