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 ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Persian Jewish casino owner John Farah immigrated from Tehran to America and now lives in Reno, Nevada, where he stands by ...