Trodden by millions of pilgrims over the ages, this sacred site is marked on many maps as Mount Sinai ... built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian 1,437 years ago, come into view.

Then I entered an entirely new and exotic realm — the eastern Roman Empire, a dominion that survived the fall of Rome in 476 by almost a thousand years. The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453 ...

When Belisarius and the Eunuch Narses conquered Italy for Justinian in 540, they re-established Ravenna as the Western capital of the Byzantine empire. Justinian and Theodora, his empress ...

In 944, Sayf al-Dawla established himself as the head of the independent Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo. Sayf’s rule over his ...

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Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

A jaw-dropping drone show recreated the iconic scene where King Kong climbs the Empire State Building. Manhattan also gets pretty windy. The area saw average wind speeds of 25 to 30 miles per hour ...