The Via Egnatia was an ancient Roman road that ran from the Adriatic Sea to Byzantium, connecting northern ancient Greek ...

The film explores the transformation of Turkey from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire into a modern republic under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It details the historical significance of cities like ...

McGiffin, who spent part of her childhood in Ellensburg and now splits her time between New York City, Washington state and ...

Amazing stories behind the world's most historic cities where every pavement, every monument, every corner has an incredible ...

Ephe so good - Chris Hunnysett soaks up sun and ancient wonders on Turkey’s Aegean coast, leaving his child behind to make ...

The Theodosian Walls protected Constantinople for just over ten centuries until the city fell to the Ottomans in 1453. Yet, the wall survived both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, with sections of ...

Like a modern Grand Tour, the John Hall Venice course promises to open (wealthy) young minds to Italy’s artistic treasures ...

Queen Zenobia (the Latinized form of the Arabic Zenaïb, "Rose of the Desert") ruled over the oasis city of Palmyra in ... distinguish the empire from Byzantium and the Sassanids?

Despite his fall from power, his story remains an example of the volatile nature of imperial succession in Byzantium. READ ...

Discover which cities lead in size with their urban and metropolitan populations, such as Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai and, of course, São Paulo.

Her reign as Empress Regnant (797-802), a rarity in the male-dominated world of Byzantium, was marked by political intrigue, religious upheaval, and significant geopolitical shifts. From her rise as a ...