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Byzantine-era coins and unique menorah medallion found by Hebrew University archaeologists at site abutting Southern Wall. Continue reading “Gold treasure trove unearthed at base of Temple Mount, Israel”
The discovery of a Greek dedication to a church, or possibly a monastery, from 1,500 years ago is leading archaeologists to think they may have found the long-lost ruins of Ashdod-Yam, a Byzantine city known in the classical sources as Azotos Paralios. Continue reading “Archaeologists May Have Found Long-lost Byzantine City Ashdod-Yam (Azotos Paralios)”
Eastern Roman Empire (“Byzantine”) archeological finds in places most of us think almost ‘impossible’! Please follow the link to the precious work of Dr. Caitlin Green. Continue reading “A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world”
An interview conducted by the magazine “Pemptousia” (Issue 4, Dec. 2000 – Mar. 2001) with the great byzantinologist Sir Steven Runciman at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on 14/7/2000, where he was hosted during his three-day stay on Mount Athos for the arrival of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who was to inaugurate the new sacristy of the monastery and the holy community of Mount Athos. Continue reading “The last Interview with the great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman”
The most slandered and misrepresented historical period of Romanity [1]
The following interview with the great historian and Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman can be characterized as the quintessence of his great work, which is globally renown and recognized. Continue reading “Byzantium and us; an interview with Sir Steven Runciman”
by Evan Andrews
476 A.D. is usually cited as the year that the Roman Empire came crashing down, but its eastern half lived on for another thousand years in the form of the Byzantine Empire, a mighty kingdom centered in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Continue reading “10 Things You May Not Know About the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
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