Abdullaah ibn 'Abbaas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated: “Abu Sufyaan ibn Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraysh. He ...

When the Messenger of Allah dispatched a letter to Heraclius, the Roman king, inviting him to Islam, the latter summoned Abu Sufyaan and his group, as well as the Muslim delegation led by Dihyah, may ...

In contrast, anonymity can be used as Isaacson argues- a tool for injustice. To support his argument, Isaacson employs Plato’s story, the Ring of Gyges, from Republic. When given a ring, a shepherd ...

Made of pure gold, the 44 coins are decorated with portraits of Emperors Phocas and Heraclius, who ruled in the first half of the seventh century. Experts believe the treasure, which is dated to ...

In the seventh century B.C., about 2,700 years ago, a shepherd named Gyges was said to be living in the kingdom of Lydia, situated in modern-day Turkey. According to the story of the Ring of Gyges ...

Bijovsky was able to identify several coins minted during the reign of Emperor Phocas (602–610 AD), as well as others minted during the reign of Emperor Heraclius between 610-641 AD. The ...

"In retrospect, we know that he was less fortunate." Dr Gabriela Bijovsky says the coins help document the life of Emperor Heraclius's family Apart from the gold coins, the excavation - in a ...