Just as historical buildings accumulate layers of plaster over time, one's identity is shaped by overlapping experiences—some ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Iraq has retrieved several stolen archaeological pieces from Japan and Switzerland through intensive ...

Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but ...

The work builds on more than two decades of scientific research in Yellowstone National Park by MSU professor Bill Inskeep.

When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...

The vice president referenced a letter that ancient Church historian and apologist Tertullian wrote to Scapula, a proconsul ...

Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a renowned philanthropist, has died at 88.

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

Is it possible for a book to feel both timely and like a relic from a different era? In the case of The Islamic Moses, by the Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol, the answer is yes. The book was completed ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Alexander the Great is known as Iskandar or Dhul-Qarnayn (the “Two-Horned One”) in Islam. Credit: Public Domain Alexander the Great, known as Iskandar or Dhul-Qarnayn (the “Two-Horned One”) in Islam, ...