Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...

Under the Byzantines, Hagia Sophia became the hub of Orthodox Christianity and the last standing symbol of their empire. But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) ...

Boys become warriors in an ancient initiation ceremony in Kenya’s Maasai community. This rite of passage is known as ...