Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

In a superb octavo volume, replete with valuable maps, plans, and illustrations, and bearing the title "Byzantine Constantinople," Alexander Van Millingen, Professor of History in Roberts College ...

Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul by Atatürk’s government, capping a campaign begun in 1916 by Enver Pasha that ...

How the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra has changed after the expulsion of the Moscow Patriarchate, whether it can reclaim the shrine, ...

The Byzantine ruler levies a 10 per cent duty on their merchandise ... The reality of the Norse world: a map of Eurasia showing selected objects excavated from late Iron Age contexts in Sweden but ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

It's an example of Byzantine craft – referring to the Byzantine Empire, the powerful civilization based at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). It is thought to have been made several ...

and everyday life during the Byzantine period from 324–638 CE. The mosaic was originally uncovered in 1990 during archaeological excavations near the site of Khirbat Be’er Shema by Israel ...

The Bromeswell bucket found at Sutton Hoo. Credit: David Brunetti / National Trust In 1986, a sixth-century Byzantine copper-alloy bucket was found in the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo ...

After announcing in March, Google Maps has rolled out a feature that can scan screenshots on your iPhone and save any found locations. With this Gemini-powered capability, Google wants to ...