The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape of the Balkans.
The Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th century collection of the Greek mathematician’s treatises, changed hands many time—some ...
The Assassin’s Creed franchise immerses players in incredibly detailed reenactments of historical cities from Ancient Greece ...
Eski Foça, a town on Turkey’s Aegean coast, has been shaped by thousands of years of history and conquered by dozens of civilizations. Yet it still feels sheltered from the chaos of the modern world.
Report long enough on palaeological and archaeological breakthroughs, and you start to notice some trends. Such as, the amazing frequency with which priceless relics are found collecting dust in a ...
The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...
Crowds once mingled below two tall arcades supported by 164-foot-tall columns. But due to earthquakes and unstable foundations, these architectural elements collapsed long ago ...
A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome’s Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past.
The most impressive discovery among the artifacts, which spanned the Roman and Byzantine eras, was a well-preserved Roman ...