Quiet but bewitching, Chios is the fifth largest Greek island. Its landscapes, its fortified villages and its liquid gold: mastic. An undiscovered gem and a must-see!

At the bottom are remnants of the ancient city dating back to the fifth ... In the middle, a mixture of its Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and neo-classical past. And, finally, 21st-century Athens ...

A team of archaeologists has successfully identified the location of the ancient city of Tharais, a Byzantine site represented in the famous Madaba Map Mosaic. The discovery, made in the northwest of ...

For many years, scientists simply mapped these "gardens" to calculate the yield of the ancient islanders' crops ... Theodosius I the Great, and the Byzantine Empire remained in control of Phrygia ...

has been used for everything from the robes of Byzantine emperors to the parachutes of World War II paratroopers. In ancient China, the birthplace of silk, it became luxury paper, a medium for ...

A worker from the Israel Antiquities Authority sprays water on a mosiac cross discovered during the excavation. The site includes a church featuring a colorful mosaic floor and a Greek inscription ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands of ...

The name Gymnesian comes from the Greek word gymnos (γυμνός), meaning “nude,” referring to the lack of clothing or the lighter attire worn by the inhabitants of these islands, as observed by ancient .

However, its past is among the richest and most significant in ancient history. Founded in 181 B.C. as a ... This basilica, large in size and built in a monumental Byzantine style, offers new insights ...

The ancient silk industry itself is bound up with ... to mercenaries out to make their fortune fighting with the Byzantine ...