Ioannis Kolettis, later Greek Prime Minister, formalised this longing in his political program—the Μεγάλη Ιδέα—a revivalist ...

The true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Eli Cohen, a Mossad spy caught operating under cover among the highest echelons in Syria, was hanged in Damascus. The ...

Sultan Mohammed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, granted equal rights to Jews and other non-Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire. This policy provided one of the principal havens for Jewish ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...