Constantinople Archive

Rare Byzantine Gold Coin Discovered In Norway – Was It Brought By Harald Hardrada From Constantinople

AncientPages.com | December 12, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -A metal detectorist found a rare gold coin in the mountains in Vestre Slidre municipality depicting two emperors and Jesus Christ. Archaeologists are now

Archaeology

Justinianic Plague Struck England Before It Reached Constantinople And It Did Not Wipe Out The Roman Empire

AncientPages.com | November 19, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - 'Plague sceptics' are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th– 8th centuries CE, argues a new study based

The two-story Kur?unlugerme Bridge, part of the aqueduct system of Constantinople: Two water channels passed over this bridge - one above the other. Image credit: Jim Crow

Archaeology

The 426-Km-Long Roman Aqueduct Provided Water For Constantinople – New Study

AncientPages.com | May 11, 2021

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed

Infectious disease modeling study casts doubt on the Justinianic Plague's impact

Archaeology

Justinianic Plague: Modeling Study Challenges Death Rate And Severity Of Infectious Disease

AncientPages.com | May 4, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many have claimed the Justinianic Plague (c. 541-750 CE) killed half of the population of the Roman Empire. Now, historical research and mathematical