The Byzantine Bureau of Barbarians functioned as an intelligence agency, securing the empire's survival through espionage and ...

Among the advances in medicine in the Byzantine Empire, the "miraculous" eye therapies mix old traditions and divine ...

A metal detectorist has discovered a rare Byzantine coin in the mountains of Norway’s Vestre Slidre municipality, more than a millennium after it was created and over 1,600 miles away from its place ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery in ...

Byzantine icons were more than art—they were sacred tools for prayer, identity, and cultural connection. From shimmering mosaics to wooden panels, they carried deep theological meaning and survived ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare Byzantine-era gold hoard in Susita National Park in Israel’s Galilee region, shedding new light on the region’s history during the tumultuous Sassanid-Persian invasions ...

Archaeologists working with the Civil Administration have been excavating the well-preserved mosaic flooring of what was once a large church in Israel's West Bank. An ancient Byzantine church with ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands of ...

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, says ...

Bureaucracy and Orthodoxy abound in strategy game Europa Universalis 5's first big DLC, out May 2026, which has you deciding ...

Eastern Christians have historically not shared the concern about the faithful not fully understanding the Real Presence. Father Mick Kopil, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in Valparaiso, Indiana, a ...