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The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

MPI's European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) kicked off February 22 in Istanbul, an iconic city that straddles Europe ...

The historian Moshe Sharon demonstrated in 2002 that the detailed descriptions of the battles of the Islamic conquests ...

So, he sent trusted representatives to request missionaries and to witness the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the beautiful Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy ... of Christian life in this world.

The Hagia Sophia is a magnificent religious site with elements of Christian basilica and Islamic ... from ancient ruins to contemporary art. The Acropolis remains an astonishing site overlooking ...

This course examines the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire from its sources in Late Antique Rome to its fall in 1453 as well as its influence in the Orthodox Christian art of ... of images ...

Hagia Sophia is a short walk from the Blue Mosque and is a true architectural masterpiece, with a dome that required complex calculations to ensure its stability. Initially, in the 6th century, it was ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.