This recipe is from the 19th century, though Ottoman soldiers had been making warrior’s halva since at least the 15th century, and likely for quite a while before that. They would make and eat ...

Kuslat Mosque was built in the 15th century by Ottoman soldiers during Turkish conquest of Bosnia. Historical Kuslat Mosque at the top of a hill overlooking the region, resembling an eagle’s nest.

Deep inside a medieval fortified monastery in Mount Athos, researchers are for the first time tapping a virtually unknown treasure — thousands of Ottoman-era manuscripts.

World, Culture Bosnia's oldest cemetery holds Ottoman graves Tombs from early 15th, late 16th centuries found at cemetery where excavations are ongoing ...

The ruthless brutality of Vlad III of Walachia, forged by the 15th-century clash between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, would partly inspire Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel ...

Two US soldiers are facing up to three years in prison and an $11,000 fine after spray painting a 15th-Century Italian monument.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the main powers of the 15th and 16th centuries. Its colossal dimensions guaranteed it a military surplus that allowed it to recover from any defeat in a very short time, ...

An ardent Ottoman traveller from the 17th century, Evliya Celebi, left a valuable account on the Hajj pilgrimage route and way stations between Damascus and Mecca.

Prince Vlad III of Wallachia. Vlad Tepes. Vlad the Impaler. Vlad Dracula. These days there's a thin line between the historical 15th-century figure who fought the Ottoman armies and the seductive ...

Sudan requested 15th century Ottoman archival documents, as their own archives in Khartoum did not contain anything from that period.