Was Spain the true heir to the Byzantine Empire? The story of a lost imperial claim

After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the exiled Byzantine claimant Andreas Palaiologos bequeathed the imperial title in ...
LAist

Beneath Istanbul, Archaeologists Explore An Ancient City's Byzantine Basements

The winding streets of old Istanbul are an overlapping cacophony of seagulls, ship horns and vendors of colorful fresh fruit. Shady fig trees cluster near crumbling Byzantine walls and sweeping ...
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Archaeologists in Jordan used an ancient map to track down a long-lost Byzantine city hidden under desert sands along the shores of the Dead Sea.

Archaeologists in southern Jordan have uncovered the long-lost Byzantine city of Tharais, tucked away on the southeast coast of the Dead Sea. Once lost to history, the rediscovery of the ancient ...
Greek Reporter

The Female Aristocrat Who Challenged Byzantine Emperors Through Architecture

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble ...

Word of the Day: Byzantine

Word of the day: Byzantine is a long, historically rooted and dramatically expressive word meaning excessively complicated or labyrinthine, often with strategic undertones. Derived from the Byzantine ...
Time

A New Exhibition Uncovers the Secrets of Byzantium

When Slavic ambassadors visited Constantinople (formerly Byzantium) in the 10th century, they were so awed by the city that they later wrote that they “knew not whether we were in Heaven or Earth.” ...