AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - including Italy, North Africa and Rome itself - that had been lost to the ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series on Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on how the Slavs came to the Balkans, reshaping the region’s culture and political ...

The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or even death.

In the late fourth century—a time when Christianity had been made the official religion of the Roman Empire—a respected civil official ... he has been venerated as a saint. In the early sixth century, ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

Here are the country’s population centres that are unsung gems worth exploring, and those that travellers should avoid ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Picked-up pieces while going Full Rochie in the wake of the Red Sox’ acquisition of Alex Bregman … ...

He is one of the most popular saints of the Church, even though there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century. As a young man he ...