The capital of the Byzantine Empire, the former Eastern Roman Empire, had withstood countless sieges before, but that time it didn’t last two months, even though its sturdy walled defensive system was ...

In 1204, an army of Venetians and Frankish knights captured and sacked Constantinople, the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire. History has remembered this event as the culmination of the ...

It is believed the bucket came from Antioch in the Byzantine Empire, now located in modern Turkey. The National Trust noted, "Letterforms used within the bucket’s design suggest it was made in ...

It is believed to have made its way to England from the Byzantine Empire, according to Britain’s National Trust. Archaeologists began to find answers when missing pieces of the bucket were ...

The Bromeswell bucket found at Sutton Hoo. Credit: David Brunetti / National Trust In 1986, a sixth-century Byzantine copper-alloy bucket was found in the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo ...

It's an example of Byzantine craft – referring to the Byzantine Empire, the powerful civilization based at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). It is thought to have been made several ...

STELLARTON - Empire Co. Ltd. says chief executive Michael Medline plans to retire from the company in May 2026. Medline joined Empire in January 2017 and led the company that owns Sobeys and other ...

An excavation report from the Israel Antiquities Authority reveals the discovery of a well-preserved Byzantine-period monastery and farmhouse at Naḥal Peḥar, within the modern settlement of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a Byzantine monastery, dated to the 5th-6th centuries, in Israel that features a preserved mosaic floor. TikTok no longer accessible in US Scientists just ...

Between 541 and 544, there was also the first and most severe documented occurrence of the Justinianic plague in the eastern Roman Empire (also referred to as the Byzantine Empire), in which millions ...