On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years ...

In a superb octavo volume, replete with valuable maps, plans, and illustrations, and bearing the title "Byzantine Constantinople," Alexander Van Millingen, Professor of History in Roberts College ...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

The Theodosian Walls were once the mighty fortifications that protected Constantinople from invaders. 5 kilometers and featuring multiple layers of defense. Despite their formidable design ...

Yes, key areas need more robust fencing, but that doesn’t require replicating the Walls of Constantinople. Trump has fluctuated between insisting that The Wall will be built and rationalizing ...

Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...

By 1370 it was no more than a minor state that extended barely beyond the walls of Constantinople - modern Istanbul. All its provinces had been lost, most of them conquered by the Muslim Ottoman ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

By 1370 it was no more than a minor state that extended barely beyond the walls of Constantinople - modern Istanbul. All its provinces had been lost, most of them conquered by the Muslim Ottoman ...