The Nika Revolt of 532 AD in Constantinople was one of the bloodiest sports riots in history and nearly led to the toppling ...

Most people know about the Roman Senate in ancient Rome. But far fewer know that a second senate existed in Constantinople. When Constantine the Great founded his new capital in the 4th century, he ...

In 1204 the soldiers who had set out to retake Jerusalem in the Fourth Crusade changed course—but why? The result would change medieval Europe forever.

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

The ancient world holds secrets that continue to baffle archaeologists, historians, and curious minds today. From cities that ...

It all started off as a joke, a French researcher told AFP.But what the team found was a piece of history - a long-lost page from a ...

The mathematical calculation is honored every March 14.

Researchers have discovered a long-lost page from a treatise by Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes in the archives of a ...

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

A page of writing from legendary Greek scientist Archimedes, which was lost for several decades, has been rediscovered by a ...

The world’s largest wooden monument building seeks a second life – Its legendary history and plans for tourism use – How the Ecumenical Patriarchate managed to regain ownership from the Turkish state ...