Cyprus has been unanimously admitted as a full member of the Ancient Civilizations Forum, joining Greece, Armenia, Bolivia, ...

Sephardi Jews flourished for centuries in Muslim Spain and Portugal, creating a luminous culture of poetry, science, and ...

The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security ...

At the ancient fortress site at Usu Aska, archaeologists excavated a Parthian-era coin beside the jawbone of a buried man.

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

I arrived at the Taj Hotel in Baghdad's Jadriyah neighborhood at 6 a.m., worn thin by the long flight from Los Angeles. After sleeping until ...

Rising from the plains of southern Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Ur was built around 2050 BCE as a sacred link between heaven and earth. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, it stood at the heart of one of ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

This not only showed board games as an integral part of ancient homelife, but something people held dear. From what ...

Researchers have found that people living over 8,000 years ago were already using mathematical ideas when they painted ...