In a moving ceremony at the National Library in Jerusalem, the public was granted a rare glimpse of the ancient “Damascus ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

By Asad Mirza The American President Donald Trump in a significant shift in US foreign policy, recently announced the easing ...

The musicologist Lawrence Kramer dates the “invention” of listening to the 18 th century, alongside the concept of the inner self. In his 2007 book Why Classical Music Still Matters, he writes, “All ...

By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

Assad's regime collapsed in just 12 days, ending over five decades of authoritarian rule in Syria. A swift and coordinated ...

New 3D mapping underwater drones have revealed alarming coral reef degradation off the coast of Western Australia. But ...

Thirteen-year-old Faizan Zaki from Texas won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee in the 21st round of the finals. Where is Crimea and why is it contested?

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

A joint Egyptian-Canadian archaeological mission has successfully identified the owner of an ancient tomb discovered in the ...

By DAVID CARLSON PASTOR Attempts to evade taxes have a long history. In the 1950s a man reported that he had imbibed two quarts of wine each week and two quarts of gin ...