The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Paris' Louvre Museum has juxtaposed its collections of decorative art and dresses by designers and fashion houses. Running ...

The role of the first lady takes on different forms throughout history: we retrace it through historical portraits, up to the ...

Old Sandals With a Message in Greek, Provides an Insight Into Rich Hellenic History A pair of lady’s sandals that was 1,500 years old was discovered with a sweet message in Greek during a dig in ...

Hypatia was a Greek mathematician, philosopher and astronomer born in Egypt, then part of the Byzantine empire. She’s credited with inventing the astrolabe – a brass instrument used to ...

Learn more As a plus-size woman, I know the struggle of finding great clothing in extended sizes. Fortunately, where once there were only two or three retailers catering to plus sizes, now there ...

Sure, it’s incumbent on the best clothing brands for men to push the envelope to new limits, but before you get there, you need to start from square one. Even GQ editors had to master the ...

Witness Belisarius’ conquest of the Vandals, a campaign that showcased his tactical brilliance and secured North Africa for the Byzantine Empire. Explore how this historic victory cemented his ...

Empress Theodora at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. Credit: Louis Hector Leroux, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far ...

Villains are valued in many forms of entertainment, from films to the WWE. The Dodgers are the latest Evil Empire in baseball, drawing fresh attention to the sport. They’re acting this winter as ...

In the aftermath of World War II, Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) travels to the US and pursues the American Dream under the patronage of Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr (Guy ...

In 1945, the victorious Allied powers gathered in San Francisco to draft a charter for the United Nations, the foundation of a new global order that would make another world war impossible. The ...