The Hindi-Urdu word for wrestler—pahalvan—comes from Pahalav or Parthians, who ruled Persia nearly 2,000 years ago, and ...
Only three Christian martyrs are described as Byzantine soldiers, but all were honored as warrior saints who lived during ...
From the elite Varangian Guard of Byzantium to the frozen north and the battlefields of 1066, Harald Hardrada lived one of the most extraordinary lives of the medieval world. This is the story of the ...
Crimea was a key site of conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the early Russian people, the Rus', in the Middle Ages.
Dame Averil Cameron, who has died aged 86, was Professor of Byzantine History at Oxford, and a leading voice in a generation ...
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 ...
Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...
In a new article published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, researchers Dr. Michael Eisenberg and Dr. Arleta ...
The tale of Himyar reminds us of the ongoing Jewish presence in the Middle East, its important history, but also of the ...
In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...
This was also the thrust of Susan Fang’s collection logic this season. She said: “History seems to be repeating itself. We ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabriel almost leaps with his message as the dove of the Holy Spirit descends from God the Father, in Pietro Cavallini’s mosaic - ...