In this non-exhaustive list, Middle East Eye looks at five ancient empires from the region and their main contributions. Under their legendary founder, Sargon the Great, in the 24th century BCE ...

An ancient collection that was recently ... perhaps even more than they show us the situation of the Middle East at the time. The maps are indeed a unique window of how people thought of, dreamed ...

The researchers from France and the Middle East say the newly discovered maps stand as the earliest to-scale depictions yet discovered. “Few plans or maps predate the period of the literate ...

Set in a stunning valley, this ancient desert oasis has birthed flourishing ... the relationships people build with deserts. In the Middle East, humans have found ways to survive and even thrive ...

Well now you can! The Nixon Presidential Library & Museum will host “The Ancient World: Unlocking The Middle East” for the next year. The new exhibit, which features dozens of artifacts and ...

"Years of groundwater seeping up and then very, very dry summers are causing buildings to collapse," explained Eleanor Robson, professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at University College ...