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The True Identity of the Man Behind Byzantine Masterpieces

The true identity of the Byzantine painter Manuel Panselinos has been revealed by researchers studying a medieval illuminated ...

Praying for the sun: What to know about the flame-lighting ceremony for the Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games will be lit at Ancient Olympia, continuing a tradition that uses ...

The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...
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How the Byzantine World Revolutionized Greek Writing With Minuscule Script

Byzantine Emperor Theophilos and his court, as depicted in the Skylitzes Chronicle. Credit: Skylitzes Chronicle, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Greek minuscule is a style of Greek handwriting that ...