Archaeologists discovered a mysterious network of tunnels and rooms with mosaics and marble beneath the 1,500-year-old Church ...

One of the wonders of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis stood for millennia, wearing natural and manmade disasters. A ...

Now though, with a little creativity and some help from the technical, historical and architectural experts at Expedia, we can see what seven of the great ancient ruins of the world would have ...

The Byzantine empire's bronze horseman towered over the heart of Constantinople, assumed new identities, spawned conflicting narratives, and acquired widespread international acclaim. Because all ...

Few of the world’s great cities share a pedigree and history as rich as Constantinople. Originally founded, according Greek mythology, by Byzas – son of the god Poseidon, the town once known as ...

The ruins of a Viking longhouse in the Shetland ... Many, says Murasheva, were bound for the Black Sea and Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and a city of more than 800,000 ...

Ruins near the village show it was an important ... and the Ottomans went on to conquer Constantinople in 1453.

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

Those dispatched to Constantinople returned home awestruck ... tsars and grand dukes overlook the Gulf of Finland. Behind the ruins of one such palace stands a tiny, half-restored chapel.

He was the son of pious parents, Sergius and Irene, who suffered for the Faith under the Iconoclast Emperor Theophilus; he was also a nephew of Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Feb. 25 ...

Why Istanbul Is One of the Best Places to Travel in 2024 — and What's New — According to T+L's Editor in Chief Back when Istanbul was the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was known for ...

The Suthorn Ruins Dungeon in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the dungeon located at the end of the Suthorn Rift - and you'll need to complete it to restore a character you'll find in the (who turns out ...