AMMAN — In the past it was thought that Ayyubid-Mamluk pottery was completely different from preceding Early Islamic pottery because of changes in manufacture and decoration. Recently, scholars ...

IS militants paraded through Raqqa after the "caliphate" was proclaimed in June 2014. Raqqa, ... It retained its role as an important regional centre under the Zengid and Ayyubid dynasties, ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - For Professor Bethany Walker from Bonn University, it is a true challenge to differentiate some pottery objects whether they belong to Ayyubid (1171-1260) or Mamluk ...

AMMAN — In 1189, after the victorious siege which started in 1187 and the crusaders’ fall of Hatting, Saladin came into possession of the castles of Shawbak and Karak, where the largest settlement and ...

For the Crusader-Ayyubid period, in Montreal, the team notes the absence of standardisation. Concerning a large scale manufacture and wide distribution, it will be very important to realise ...

A 1,200-year-old inscription in Arabic was discovered in excavations in Jerusalem’s old Jewish Quarter, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Israel Antiques Authority.

IS militants paraded through Raqqa after the "caliphate" was proclaimed in June 2014 Raqqa, in northern Syria, became the de facto capital of the "caliphate" proclaimed by so-called Islamic State ...