While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an ...

In the Judaean Desert near the Dead Sea, a mysterious pyramid structure and way station were uncovered. The excavation site […] ...

The asylum seeker had arrived via small boat to the Chagos Islands - as a result, he cannot use the ECHR to gain entry to the ...

Between the Hajar mountains and gem-clear waters of the Gulf of Oman, this ancient city combines a striking setting with a ...

The structure is believed to have been a guard tower, a grave marker or even possibly an ancient monument. “It is an ...

One of the most unique archaeological finds in the region's history, the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Ministry of ...

The purpose of a mysterious pyramidal structure in the Judaean Desert is unknown, but excavators are finding many ...

Amira El-Fekki is a Newsweek reporter based in Dubai. Her focus is reporting on politics and society in the Middle East. She has in depth knowledge of Arab communities and has covered human rights ...

Yet despite a wealth of data and new techniques including ancient DNA analysis ... people in the Middle East have been raising pigs for at least 10,000 years. In today’s Israel, Palestinian ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...

The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the 18th Century. During this time, paper money was first issued in British Ind ...

Archaeologists discovered a tunnel beneath the ancient city of Taposiris Magna ... might lie hidden beneath its ruins. Items such as coins depicting Cleopatra VII and figures of Alexander the ...