In Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, depicting him with a dog's head.

Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries (the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near Delphi, and the third on an island in the Aegean Sea, near ...

The Battle of Manzikert was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire in 1071 near Manzikert, in Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey. Source: Supplied A lecture about the Byzantium ...