A team of archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the long-forgotten Byzantine settlement of Tharais, offering significant new insights into the history of Christianity in the Middle East ...

Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today. Middle East History The fertile crescent, the ...

Human violence in the Middle East has ebbed and flowed since 12000 B.C., with spikes in the Copper and Iron ages and a lull in the Bronze Age, new research finds.

“The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East,” open from March 18 to June 23, 2019, brings together a glorious collection of artwork from the area “in between” these two ...

In an ancient amphitheater, a Russian orchestra clad in black played before a hushed crowd on Thursday. But this was hardly a romantic setting. This was in Syria, a country hollowed out by a ...

During the New Kingdom (c. 1570- c. 1069 BCE), the Ancient Egyptians, driven by their vast wealth and military organisation, established an empire that not only stretched south into Sudan but also ...

Thousands of Skeletons Reveal Most Violent Period in Ancient Middle East. Published Oct 09, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT Updated Oct 11, 2023 at 12:32 PM EDT. By .

The Detroit Institute of Arts will reopen its much-expanded Ancient Middle East gallery Friday, at a time when ISIS is destroying priceless archeological sites across Syria and Iraq. The new 2,855 ...