When you think of Byzantine emperors, you don’t necessarily think of flying thrones, machines and automations, do you?

On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.

At the height of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was the jewel of the Christian world, a city of breathtaking palaces, sprawling forums, and magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia. Its walls had ...

The Battle of Tricamarum (533 AD) led to the collapse of the Vandal Kingdom. It pitted the Byzantine Empire, under its able general Belisarius, against the illustrious Vandal Kingdom, under King ...

With new technology, smarter tools, and a lot of patient digging, historians and archaeologists are uncovering marvels from every corner of the world. One day it’s an enormous thigh bone from a ...

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.

Violence is not a Jewish invention, nor is it unique to the Middle East. War is a constant of human history, regardless of ...

Ian Michael Elliott of neofascist Patriot Front worked ‘crisis relief missions’ funded by Department of Agriculture ...

The latest from David Chang’s restaurant supergroup — a 200-seat modern Korean spot — may be in a mall, but hear me out.

Peter Sommer Travels unveils new small-group tour for 2026 called "Exploring Istria, an eight-day adventure to Croatia.

An ancient skyscraper considered the seventh wonder of the world crumbled to ruin centuries ago. Now an ambitious ...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United ...