MARAAT AL-NUMAN, Syria — A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground ...

In Part 3 of the Arab-Byzantine Wars series, we explore how Muslim forces led by Amr ibn al-As conquered Egypt from the Byzantine Empire in a remarkably swift and strategic campaign. This video breaks ...

Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria. The discovery occurred in Maarat al-Numan, a town of strategic importance ...