Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense ...

"The mosaic discovered in Kiryat Gat is one of the most unique ever found in Israel," said Mark Avrahami, Head of Artistic Conservation at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

As the westernmost pillar of the Byzantine Empire, Ravenna was a flickering light in Europe’s Dark Ages. To fully appreciate ...