Known as the ancient town of Ephraim, Taybeh in the West Bank is the region’s only entirely Christian Palestinian village.

Rail travel once linked Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, until war and air traffic shut it down. Now, major reconstruction plans aim to revive it over the next 15 years ...

The Negev Desert is the ancestral homeland of the indigenous Bedouins, a semi-nomadic people whose roots in the region date back centuries. Today, over 300,000 Bedouins remain an invisible ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a "spectacular" ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. The site, known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located in a remote ...

Get Healthy. Ancient grains like amaranth, farro, rye and millet are having a moment as more people realize that they taste great and offer some health benefits.

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.

Petra Theatre The ancient Petra Theater, a first century AD Nabataean amphitheater carved out of solid rock in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan bedouins stock videos & royalty-free footage 00:25 ...

A global analysis reveals that most carbon dioxide emitted by rivers derives not from modern plant material, as was thought, but from ancient, buried carbon.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site ...

The Majlis, which is rooted in ancient Middle Eastern culture and began to influence modern design in the '70s, is back in vogue.

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago.