The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

A unique portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was discovered at ... The figure holds a cross-bearing scepter. The man's gold-embroidered purple mantle ...

The coins were minted during the reign of Justinian the Great, whose rule saw the Byzantine Empire reach its greatest ... a wreath in her right hand and a cross and globe in her left.

Byzantine and medieval art, architecture, ritual, materiality, cross-cultural exchange, icons and their modern receptions, and digital and public humanities. Evan Freeman studies art and ritual of the ...