Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

The so-called “Byzantine Empire” called itself Rome. But how Roman was it really? By 700 AD, Latin had faded, Greek dominated ...

The Byzantine Empire is often overlooked in history. But for over a thousand years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it remained one of the most advanced civilizations in the world. This ...

The Ottoman Empire spanned more than 600 years. The history is laden with the legacy of the empire in the Middle East and ...

King Felipe VI of Spain officially holds the medieval titles of Duke of Athens and Neopatras, a ceremonial legacy from a ...

"St John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin and his fore-runner, who introduced him to a wider public by baptising him in the ...

Wellness and Fitness vacations are trendy, but so is Greece. Why not enjoy the best of both world's, with a fun, healthy trip ...

Washington, D.C. is famous for its Smithsonian museums, but beyond those well-known institutions the city hides several ...

Modern political discourse is largely devoid of nuance. Every Republican is a Nazi, every Democrat is a communist, every ...

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The majority of my work over the past 30 years has been in AI and machine learning. And I want to share some thoughts with ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building was a ...