Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in the Balkans. In 1462, Vlad Tepes of Wallachia defied Sultan Mehmed II with a ...

Nestled in the heart of Sarajevo, the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina houses one of the most extraordinary treasures of Jewish heritage—the Sarajevo Haggadah. This illuminated manuscript, a ...

This documentary explores the unique era in Ottoman history known as the Sultanate of Women—a time when royal women held immense political power. From the harem, mothers, wives, and daughters of ...

Erdoğan has ample leverage there because of his support—via cash, arms, and intelligence—for the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia, which toppled the Assad regime in December.

Carved coat of arms with the signature “Altbach”. This image is almost identical to the coat of arms of the modern town of the same name in southern Germany. It appears to be an unknown pilgrim from ...

The Frist Art Museum to present Venice and the Ottoman Empire, an exhibition that explores the artistic and cultural exchange between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire over four centuries.

This was mainly because of their geographical position right at the edge of the once-powerful Ottoman Empire. Among the powers who fought to gain control of these territories were, of course, ... The ...

A new coat of arms released by Danish King Frederik includes an enlarged Polar Bear, signifying Greenland, at a time when Donald Trump has spoken repeatedly about obtaining it.

The facade displays the Bor­gia coat of arms. Farther west, near the Colosseum, are the Borgia Stairs the siblings would have climbed to visit their mother at her house near the Basilica of St ...

After these events, Senglea’s church, considered as one of the most beautiful in the Maltese archipelago, presented a very pitiable spectacle, with several sections reduced to mounds of rubble.