Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The US, UK, and Australia all advise citizens to avoid travel, citing terrorism, armed conflict, and kidnapping. But these ...

It appears that the culprit at Tall el-Hammam was a small asteroid similar to the one that knocked down 80 million trees in Tunguska, Russia in 1908. It would have been a much smaller version of the ...

On the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, who we would later come to know as St. Paul, saw a blinding light and from it heard ...

Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties ...

Recently, the republication of Zadig Khanzadian’s Atlas of the Historical Cartography of Armenia, upon the initiative of the ...

Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ISIS attacks ...

Earthquake fault mapping reveals hidden risks in Turkey & Syria The post Earthquake Fault Mapping Reveals Hidden Risks in ...

Boffins have given a bold new theory about where the Garden of Eden was located, and used ancient maps to claim that the tree of life is located within the Great Pyramid ...