Throughout humanity's history, there have been lasting empires that stood for millennia, ruling vast areas of land and people ...

as well as churches heavily influenced by Byzantine culture? The Italian peninsula is the birthplace of the Romans and their mighty empire. During Rome’s rule over much of the known world, Christians ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction ...

This expansive genre includes any title with a bearing on the multifaceted art world — from Audrey Flack’s memoir to Caitlin ...

THIS welcome contribution to Byzantine literature gives an excellent ... during which flourished the eastern portion of the Roman Empire (330-1453). The Imperial constitution and administration ...

As per the Mirror, dating back approximately 1,500 years, the rooms were discovered beneath the Church of St.Polyeuctus in what was then Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The church ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

On Dec. 4 we celebrate St. John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene, priest and religious, who also became a doctor ...

Credit: MapMaster / Wikimedia Commons As we were saying, Anna knew him because he was in Constantinople… as he had tried before in his youth, by force of arms: in 1080 Bohemond accompanied his father ...

Winner of the Council of Europe's Museum Prize in 2005, the Museum of Byzantine Culture beautifully displays regional artifacts that concern the ancient empire. Everyday objects and artwork that ...

A Kickstarter campaign for Spire of Dioronna has gone live. It is a card game based on the 3 Body Problem novel series, which ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.