Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

Archaeology has become more interdisciplinary science so scholars specialised in environmental sciences became involved in ...

In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Momika, an immigrant from Iraq, had gained notoriety in recent years for lighting copies of the Quran aflame during public ...

But the most significant discovery lies in the margins, where handwritten notes from the 14th century provide firsthand accounts of events during the Byzantine Empire. One note, written in the early ...

Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis – a sect of Islam – established the Aga Khan Foundation in 1967. It has served ...