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Byzantine Gold Body Chain
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Byzantine Gold Body Chain

This body chains of linked medallions is the largest item of jewellery to survive from the Byzantine Empire. It would have been worn draped over the shoulders and around the hips. In Greek and Roman art, body chains were...
Byzantine Marriage Ring
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Byzantine Marriage Ring

This Byzantine gold marriage ring dates to the 3rd to 4th centuries CE. The ring measures 56 mm in circumference and the bezel measures 10x10 mm. Weight: 4.5 grams. (Metropolitan Museum, New York)
Byzantine Floor Mosaic from Eastern Mediterranean
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Byzantine Floor Mosaic from Eastern Mediterranean

This exceptional mosaic likely comes from the floor of a house or public building. It reflects the Late Romand and Early Byzantine taste for intricate and colorful designs. It dates from c. 325-350 CE...
Byzantine Empress Zoe
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Byzantine Empress Zoe

Mosaic from the Hagia Sophia in modern-day Istanbul (previously Constantinople), Turkey, depicting Zoe, empress of the Byzantine Empire from 1028-1050 CE. She was the daughter of Constantine VIII (r. 1025-1028 CE).
Byzantine Diptych of Ivory
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Byzantine Diptych of Ivory

Diptych (two-part writing tablet), ivory. c. 506 CE. From the collection of the Zurich historian J. H. Hottinger (1620-1667 CE). The man on the throne was called Areobindus. He is shown giving the signal to begin the animal...
Byzantine Empire, 717 CE
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Byzantine Empire, 717 CE

A map of the Byzantine empire and its themes and provinces in 717 CE.
Byzantine Empire c. 1180 CE
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Byzantine Empire c. 1180 CE

A map illustrating the Mediterranean in the 12th century and, in purple, the Byzantine Empire c. 1180 CE, during the reign of Manuel I Komnenos.
Byzantine Ivory Pyxis
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Byzantine Ivory Pyxis

This pyxis once had a lockable lid and was perhaps used to hold sacramental bread. Its carvings refer to the Biblical tale of Daniel in the lions' den. Byzantine, 5th or early 6th century CE. From modern-day Egypt or Syria...
Byzantine Chapel at Hagia Triada, Crete
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Byzantine Chapel at Hagia Triada, Crete

The Byzantine single-aisled chapel of Agios Georgios lying over the remains of a Minoan villa at the Hagia Triada archaeological site in southern Crete. The church was built during the Venetian period at the...
Byzantine Sarcophagus from the Imperial Cemetery
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Byzantine Sarcophagus from the Imperial Cemetery

Sarcophagus from the imperial cemetery beside the Church of the Holy Apostles. Material: Marble. Period: Early Byzantine; circa early 5th century CE. Findspot: Sariguzel/Fatih, Istanbul. (Istanbul Archaeological...
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