He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of ...

Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 1,7200-year-old artifact found in a city where Jesus spent most of his life.

Join a Hebrew walking tour of Bab az-Zahra with Hussam Mousa. Named after Flower’s Gate (Herod’s Gate), the Jerusalem ...

An ancient statue dating to the Hellenistic era was found in a black bag next to garbage bins in Greece's northern city of ...

The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

Recently, a team of astronomers made an extraordinary discovery: a new giant radio galaxy (GRG) named Inkathazo, detected ...

Egypt’s rich literary tradition has long been a source of inspiration for its thriving film and television industry. From the haunting pages of gothic thrillers to the introspective musings of modern ...

Archeologists are reconstructing the history of the ancient megacity of Teotihuacán ... to the animal sacrifices conducted by the Aztec empire a millennium later. The Aztecs conducted ritual ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...