Last week Daesh (ISIS) added to its list of destroyed heritage sites by blowing up an ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra. The reports were confirmed over the weekend with satellite images that ...

Thousands of years ago, people in ancient Syria likely ate mostly grains, grapes, olives and a small amount of dairy and meat — similar to today’s “Mediterranean diet,&rdquo ...

An illegally imported ancient mosaic shows Hercules rescuing Prometheus. Two thousand years later, it's landed a California man in prison.

The ancient ruins were photographed across Syria, Iraq and Turkey by Cold War spy satellites, researchers said.

Terry Mattingly writes: hundreds of ethnic and religious minorities, including Christians, have been killed by Islamist militias in Syria.

In an ancient city in Syria, excavations made nearly a century ago are now revealing new details, researchers said. Joe Planas via Unsplash Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to ...

The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.

Ancient writing — using possibly ‘oldest known alphabet’ — unearthed in Syria. See it Story by Irene Wright • 4d ...

The ancient ruins were photographed across Syria, Iraq and Turkey by Cold War spy satellites, researchers said.

In an ancient city in Syria, excavations made nearly a century ago are now revealing new details, researchers said. Joe Planas via Unsplash Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to ...

The ancient ruins were photographed across Syria, Iraq and Turkey by Cold War spy satellites, researchers said.