Christmas came early for the Polish Air Force, as its first two Lockheed Martin F-35A “Husarz” fighters arrived at Ebbing Air ...

Abkhazia is in the South Caucasus, along the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It borders Georgia to the southeast and Russia ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

The Byzantine army fell into disarray, and Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes made a desperate attempt to rally the Roman centre, ...

It dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness.

During his reign, Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos was transfixed with a strange prophecy concerning the survival of his ...

The Byzantine imperial court celebrated Christmas with ceremonies and feasts in the capital of Constantinople.

Sotheby’s called the stone the world’s oldest inscribed with the Ten Commandments, but some experts had raised questions ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.

The figure is described as an "earthly figure, a mature man with a thin face and individualized features, who exudes ...

Renowned for his ambitious vision, Justinian I sought to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory, an endeavour known as ...