For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

The recent discoveries on Failaka Island, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, confirm the presence of the Macedonians there, ...

From ancient structures to medieval temples and Mughal-period marvels to modern era buildings, an exhibition celebrating the wealth of India’s architectural heritage opened here on Tuesday to mark the ...

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned that an attack on Iran's nuclear sites would leave the Gulf with "no water, no fish, nothing ... no life". U.S. President Donald Trump has said he ...

Stonehenge sits near the top of Britain’s most iconic landmarks, but a lesser-known precursor to this ancient site may be responsible for its lasting impact as an archaeological titan. The Flagstones ...

Recently, at four sites in Iran, the team’s sleuths found traces of highly processed uranium, raising new questions around whether Tehran harbors a clandestine nuclear program to make atomic bombs.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani warned Friday that an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites would leave the Gulf with “no water, no fish, nothing… no life,” in an interview with US ...