The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...

A Byzantine treasure hoard of gold coins and jewels, hidden since the 7th century during times of war, has been found in ...

The Battle of Tricamarum (533 AD) led to the collapse of the Vandal Kingdom. It pitted the Byzantine Empire, under its able ...

Although Türkiye is geographically distant from South Asia, it has a history of involvement in the region because of religion ...

The Turkish newspaper Hürriyet reported on October 19 that the Santa Ruins archeological site has been registered as a ...

For almost 500 years, the Parthian Empire controlled one of the world’s most important cultural and trade routes, stretching ...

Today in History for Jan. 8: In 1324, explorer Marco Polo died at age 70. In 1438, the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches met at the Council of Ferrara-Florence in an effort to form an alliance that ...

It had been a particularly long day for us all, having left our cosy hotel on the Asian (or Anatolian) side of Istanbul in ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, biblical scholars interested in parallels between ancient religious belief systems argued ...

We like to think we’re more civilized than our ancestors. The recent murder of at least 15 people celebrating Hanukkah on ...

From early Christian artworks to Renaissance whitewashing, the image of Mary may have changed through the years— but she’s ...