Talk:Byzantine Dark Ages

Needs updating with archaeological evidence
This article represents a very outdated view of the period, one which relies too heavily on textual sources and does not include any archaeological evidence, which paints a very different picture of the 7th-8th centuries than what is depicted here. The decline of cities, for instance, has largely been challenged by recent archaeological excavations. Myrto Veikou, Ine Jacobs, Luca Zavagno, and others should be cited here to provide this necessary point of view. 2600:1700:E4C0:5C50:2411:1620:A0D1:A9E1 (talk) 15:53, 19 March 2024 (UTC)