Serbia and Republika Srpska – an autonomous Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina – acknowledge that grave crimes were committed ...

Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

On the 30th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia Herzegovina, Paul Cunningham tells the story of one man who survived the genocide, but whose four brothers were killed.

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 ...

From 15th-century Ottoman-Mughal correspondence to shared Sufi traditions and linguistic roots, the Indo-Turkish connection is deeply rooted. In 1912, during the Balkan Wars, the Indian nationalist Dr ...

Like most other medieval castles, Karlstejn was added to, starting in the 15th century, but it maintains its authenticity, thanks to later restorations that got rid of the trimmings and changed it ...

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 ...

Inside Turkey’s ancient oil wrestling championship This real-life clash of the titans was once used as a morale booster for Ottoman troops and now draws visitors from all over the world to the ...

In its prime, the Ottoman Empire stretched from Yemen to Croatia to Iran. The conquest of Istanbul in the 15th century announced Ottoman dominance. This tour uncovers the links between the empire's ...

Archaeologist Dr. Anastasia Koumousi, the head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia, the region where the monastery is located, spotted the portrait on the second layer of a fresco, which, ...