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The architecture of the Byzantine Empire (4th - 15th century CE) continued its early Roman traditions but architects also added new structures to their already formidable repertoire, notably improved fortification walls and domed churches...

An artist's depiction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, as it may have appeared in 537 CE. From the game Old World.

Photo showing the interior of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, constructed 532-537 CE.

An image of the Hagia Sophia, taken around sunset

German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) and his second wife Sophia Schliemann (1852-1930) during a trip to Germany in 1883.

The interior nave of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, first constructed 532-37 CE.

Sophia Peabody, wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne, oil on canvas portrait by Chester Harding, 1830. Peabody Essex Museum.

In his epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Greek poet Homer (c. 750 BCE) told the story of the Trojan War, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy by an alliance of Greek city-states. Troy was also known by its Latinised name of Ilium...

We continue our architectural series with a story about one of Kyiv's most breath-catching sights. The Saint Sophia Cathedral. A UNESCO world heritage sight, the church complex held its first service around a millenium ago. _ Subscribe...

George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) was the second of the Hanoverian monarchs, and like his father George I of Great Britain (r. 1714-1727), he faced a Jacobite rebellion to restore the Stuart line. Wars in Europe and beyond drained...