Scientific Collection "Ancient World . Byzantium” was published on the 70th anniversary of the professor of Kharkiv State University V. and . Kadeeva . The authors of the book are scientists from academic centers and higher educational institutions, museum institutions from Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and England . The topics of the constituent articles and materials are diverse and largely reflect the main directions of scientific interests in .. and . Kadeeva, whose creative path is marked by the study of many key problems of the history and culture of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean in the era of antiquity and the early Middle Ages Topical issues of history and archeology, philosophy, culture, artistic craft, everyday life, problems of socio-economic, political and cultural history of the ancient world and Byzantium are considered . Publications of new epigraphic and numismatic findings occupy a significant place. The collection reflects the current state and trends in the development of anticoscience and Byzantine studies.