BUILDING nations begins with building capable leaders. Rather than delving deep into theory, I want to share a story about ...

Exactly 146 years ago, on July 13th, 1878, the Berlin Congress officially ended – a key diplomatic event that shaped the ...

What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins.

Most of my readers are quite familiar with the great rulers of the Renaissance: Henry VIII and his consecutive marital ...

Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and ...

Curated by Ezgi Bakcay and Sena Tural and organized by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the show weaves visual stories ...

This Mughal princess challenged Turkey all by herself, single-handedly shook the Ottoman Empire; she was Emperor Akbar’s… Gulbadan Begum is best known for penning the Humayun-Nama, an ...

A new study reveals how the Greek Revolution reshaped the Ottoman Empire's governance and deepened surveillance of non-Muslim communities.

Erzurum and Kars figured in most wars between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and both fortress cities were part of the end games of the 1854 Crimean War. Photo by Matthew Stevenson.

You'll learn to see the city through a new lens, and uncover the Byzantine Empire’s hidden and discover the hidden signs of the Byzantine Empire, giving you a better understanding of how this ancient ...

Divers discover trove of artifacts, including bullets, rifles, cannonballs and porcelain, on Ottoman shipwreck off Turkey, video shows.