On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

The Uffizi in Florence opened a new temporary exhibition yesterday under the title Florence and Europe. Arts of the Eighteenth Century at the Uffizi. As you'll see from the video above, amongst the ...

Wes Anderson enlists a star-studded cast in ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ turbulent times call for a rural retreat in HBO’s ...

Here’s another example: In 1992, Armenia occupied the Azerbaijani city of Lachin. The entire population was forcibly expelled ...

Europe’s last divided capital has long been overlooked by tourists but offers history, culture — and a slick new 10-bedroom ...

The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark ...

Entrusted by Sultan Moulay Ismail with the assignment of conducting a peace treaty with Britain, Moses Ben Attar was a Jewish merchant from Salé. Although he was named Naguid in 1724, he was ...

By learning about the history of prominent landmarks like Brojokishore Thakurbari, Blackquire Square Park, Jora Shiv Temple and Ray Baari, attendees could understand the development of the area, with ...

This is appropriate, since her work often uses the world as its stage, sometimes literally—figures bristling with feminine, mucosal urgency emerge from backgrounds of 18th-century maps or ...

We are pleased to announce the launch of a substantially updated version of Locating London's Past, the website which allows you to map a wide body of digital ...

An 1890 illustration of Munchausen's adventures Public domain via Wikimedia Commons An 1872 illustration of Munchausen riding a cannonball Public domain via Wikimedia Commons “The 18th century ...