Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The Byzantine Christian settlement has been discovered in Jordan, marked on the Madaba Mosaic Map, the oldest surviving ...

T here are few maps in the world as detailed or as old as the Madaba Mosaic Map. Created in the 6th century, it shows dozens ...

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

Donald Trump’s plan to evict Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and have the U.S. take it over seemed laughable in February ...