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Credit: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised ... the Italian Renaissance. Byzantine art had an impact on everything from Venice’s ...

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A local farmer, Mehmet Emin Sualp, discovered the mosaic ... The Art Newspaper. A team of experts was dispatched to finish the excavation at the site which was not far from the old Roman Empire ...

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Mosaic of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, VI century. Public Domain The position of women in Byzantine society is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire ... is a prime ...

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