Byzantium

There are 1517 items in Byzantium:

Iol Caesarea

Iol Caesarea: Phoenician colony, Numidian city, capital of the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, modern Cherchell.Iol Caesarea Juba II c.400 BCE: founded as…

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Istanbul, Arkeoloji Müzesi

What did I expect when I decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeological Museum? I only had some vague notions about the collection, but nothing more. I knew that the famous Alexander sarcophagus and a well-known portrait of Diocletian were there;…

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem: capital of Judah or Judaea, sacred city of Judaism.Location Jerusalem in c. 70 CE "David's City": between Kidron valley with Gihon…

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Jerusalem, Davidson Center

Situated in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park, the Davidson Center is immediately southwest of the Temple complex. You can see finds from Jerusalem's Jewish, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic past. …

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