The stately remnants of 2,000-year-old columns and temples rise from the sand in the ancient city of Palmyra, known to locals ...

Once the capital of a Roman client state under Queen Zenobia, Palmyra stood as a key hub on the Silk Road linking Rome and ...

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A 2,000-year-old Roman stele featuring Greek inscriptions was discovered at Manbij, also known as the ancient city of ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that Vedic culture was isolated to India. Research reveals a musical link between ...

Timelapse footage shows the Milky Way passing over Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra. Palmyra is one of six Syrian sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, all of which suffered varying degrees ...

There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what ...

This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what came before: the peoples, cities, and kingdoms that arose, flourished, declined, and disappeared in the ...

After a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, questions arose about the survival of ancient sites. Göbekli Tepe endured without damage, while the pyramids of Giza have ...

In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and ...

An Ancient Christian tomb complex dating back 1,500 years was discovered by a contractor who was clearing rubble beneath a destroyed house in Syria's Idlib province.