Newly discovered species spotted swimming by underwater camera ‘It’s brutality, impunity and lawlessness on an absolutely ...
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Fall of Constantinople in 40 Seconds

In May 1453, the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II brought down the great walls of Constantinople after weeks of siege. This one-minute journey with Google Earth traces the city’s defenses, the decisive ...
I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has announced the publication of Professor Harutyun Marutyan’s ...
How Comets, Eclipses and Other Celestial Events Shaped Our History by Robrecht Decorte, Cambridge-educated historian and ...
Saint John Chrysostom, whose memory the Orthodox Church honors on November 13, is among the most beloved figures in Church ...
I. B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, announced the publication of Prof. Harutyun Marutyan’s "Commemorating the ...
A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle ...
A new documentary claims "beyond a shadow of a doubt" that the Parthenon Sculptures were stolen, according to the director.
The fall also inspired a book, which inspired a game, which inspired the world’s richest man to lash out because his favorite ...
When her son’s travel wish list sets off a family-wide case of wanderlust, Katie Kitamura plans a dream tour of Turkey, from ancient Istanbul to the otherworldly landscapes of Cappadocia.
In 53 BCE, at the Battle of Carrhae, Crassus severely underestimated the Parthian cavalry and archers. His army was massacred ...
A favorite of 16th-century sultans, the syrup-soaked and oft-reinvented sweet is still beloved by Turkish diners today.