The restoration in process today encompasses the infrastructure, towers, and interior furnishings, with every effort being ...

From Giorgio de Chirico to Aristophanes, Evelyn Waugh to Zorba the Greek, this irreverent and erudite political musing weaves ...

Syria’s ancient and historic cities like Damascus and Aleppo were venerable centres of trade, learning and religious and ethnic diversity, having far more in common with cities that they were now ...

A 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb was discovered in Syria’s Idlib province during reconstruction, offering a glimpse into the ...

Based on the presence of the cross and the pottery and glass pieces that were found, this tomb dates back to the Byzantine ...

A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex ...

"The study is part of a larger research project led by myself, in which we explore the variety of everyday, ordinary life in the ancient Syrian town of Hama. We're looking at, among other things ...

Thanks to International Museum Day, two major exhibitions spotlighting ancient Chinese and Syrian civilizations are opening this month in Beijing, Ganzhou and Huzhou. Featuring hundreds of rare ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking ...

The meeting came days after President Trump announced he would end sanctions against Syria and met with the country’s president, a former jihadist. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Beirut ...