byzantine
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Historical accounts describe widespread disease during the Byzantine era, but many suspected plague burial sites have lacked firm proof.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
In antiquity, the city of Tyre was at various times Phoenician, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
So far, only about 30 have been recovered from the rubble, including a piece of a Byzantine sarcophagus lid and pottery jars.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
With its Bronze Age origins, Ancient Roman traces, Byzantine and Norman monuments and subtropical flair, Bari makes for a fine contrast with the Renaissance grandeur and contemporary design of central and northern Italian towns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
As time went on, more adventurous musicians, such as the ninth-century Byzantine composer Kassia of Constantinople, began mixing the parallel organum style with the drone style.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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