Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Zeno was the Byzantine Emperor who witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire. He is known for being buried alive by his ...

During the question session following his talk on his book Napoleon's Egypt, Prof. Cole makes a brief remark (around 38:40) about Byzantine Egypt that caught m ...

A mosaic map of an ancient Egyptian settlement is going on display where it was found — in an industrial-park parking lot in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced today (Sept. 29 ...

When he set foot in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, he befriended a member of the imperial family, ... Byzantine (Akhmim, Egypt), 5th-7th Century.

Even so, at the turn of the 4th century, Alexandria’s light as a radiant, world-city of knowledge with its Great Library, a place where Jews, worshippers of the old Egyptian, Greek and syncretic ...

Orthodox leaders beyond Egypt and Greece remain concerned that the monastery property’s changed status will interfere with the monks’ prayer and work.

LUXOR, EGYPT—German archaeologists excavating a tomb at the necropolis in the Deir Beikhit area of Draa Abul Naga unearthed a collection of 29 gold coins dating to the fifth and sixth centuries ...