The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.
Scientists are looking into a possible link. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- By examining the literal dustbins of history, archaeologists have now shed light on how a 125-year ...
About a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire — the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire — signs of its impending doom were written in garbage. The researchers discovered that trash ...