George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a massive church compound at a famed archaeological site, including ancient artifacts.

A nearly unique Byzantine fortress has been discovered in Spain, one that passed from Visigothic control to Muslim rule.

Dame Averil Cameron, who has died aged 86, was Professor of Byzantine History at Oxford, and a leading voice in a generation ...

Crimea was a key site of conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the early Russian people, the Rus', in the Middle Ages.

Archaeological excavation at the ancient city of Hippos, located near the Sea of Galilee in Israel, has revealed a remarkable Byzantine cathedral featuring a unique double baptistery and an enigmatic ...

Israel Antiquities Authority says modern-day structure preserving the mosaic in Nahariya was damaged but the ancient floor is ...

A metal detectorist has discovered a rare Byzantine coin in the mountains of Norway’s Vestre Slidre municipality, more than a millennium after it was created and over 1,600 miles away from its place ...

“Our findings show how difficult it was to maintain agriculture in the desert and how vulnerable the system was during periods of prolonged drought," the researchers concluded. Even in the Byzantine ...

At Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, having pored over a group of Byzantine textiles from the 4th to 12th centuries with curator Elizabeth Dospel Williams, I took away this general rule for ...