One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

The emperor died fighting the Ottoman Turks when ... cross-stone crown — and holding a crusading scepter, confirmed the Greek ...

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We explore the gradual replacement of Latin by Greek, the deepening Hellenization of the Eastern Roman Empire, the complex relationship between Christianity and classical Greek traditions ...

The newly discovered portrait, the only contemporary of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos XI. Credit: Ministry of Culture of Greece Based on stylistic criteria, the work can be ...

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 ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...