The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.
Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem.
The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.
He is depicted here with the elder of the two, Basil II, who would eventually become one of the greatest Byzantine emperors. Nicephorus is shown to be the senior emperor by his position on the left, ...