More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years. Located around six miles (10 km) south ...

The Paris-based International Council of Museums had issued an emphatic warning after the first bomb strikes: There was a ...

The non-movable artefacts, mainly stone objects, were covered with sandbags to protect them from strikes and flying debris.

A show at the V&A Dundee traces the many things the garden has been: a paradise; a replica of the world; a sanctuary. What ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Ammonite citadel at the western edge of Tell Umeiri’s acropolis, revealing ...

The recent Israel-Iran conflict saw both countries trading missiles and rockets that not only killed and injured civilians ...

American foreign policy in West Asia is a textbook example of adolescent overreach: short attention spans, cyclical memory, a ...

In the heart of the Middle East lies a land whose name echoes through the corridors of history—Iran. With a civilization stretching back over 5,000 years, Iran has given the world philosophy, poetry, ...

But post‑Islamic conquest, Iran’s track record faltered. One of the bloodiest chapters of Indo-Iranian history was the 1739 ...

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TEHRAN—Nehbandan ancient Asbads, traditional vertical-axis windmills used for grain grinding, are to be repaired, a tourism ...