Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople.
Tony Lentin gives an upgraded assessment of Russia's empress 200 years after her death.
Philip Mansel looks at interchange and intrigue in the cross-currents of 18th-century culture between East and West.
Penny Young on Turkey's equivalent to Hadrian's Wall
John Crossland looks at the impact of statesman and soldier Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
