Sutton Hoo, located near the North Sea in Suffolk, was first uncovered in the late 1930s. Named after Old English words ...

Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the ...

Belisarius mosaic. Credit: Petar Milošević. CC BY-4.0/Wikimedia Commons/Petar Milosevic Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who led the armies of Justinian I ...

Dr Helen Gittos, a historian at the University of Oxford, claims Sutton Hoo was not the resting place for royals, offering an ...

New research suggests Sutton Hoo burial mounds in Suffolk may have contained Byzantine soldiers rather than Anglo-Saxon ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...

In August 1071 AD, the Byzantine Empire suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Seljuk Turks at the ... Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger praised the emperor’s courage, recounting how he ...

A complex wine press and numerous artifacts were also discovered during excavations at the ancient site in Israel.

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

The Byzantine Empire has never had a good press, but few things in its long history have given rise to more controversy than its relations with the crusades. The First Crusade is an epic story, on a ...

Once again, we review the archaeological discoveries of the year that has just ended. This time, we have selected 14 from ...

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