Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem.

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

Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

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Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...

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

Researchers found the remains of the ascetic individual bound in chains. Small metal plates and a tiny cross were found near the abdomen of the skeleton.

Credit: Matan Chocron / Israel Antiquities Authority An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge about asceticism in the Byzantine era. A team of ...

The historian Moshe Sharon demonstrated in 2002 that the detailed descriptions of the battles of the Islamic conquests ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - Gharandal was a significant site during the Byzantine and early Islam period and pottery was assembled from the site during the 1997 and 1998 seasons. The site is ...

The remains of the Byzantine church in Gharandal where many pieces of potter from the Byzantine and the early Islamic periods were found (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — Gharandal was a significant ...