A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid.

Most of us are certain that behind every country's name there's a glorious history, but the truth is much simpler: it all ...

I held an impossibly tiny pendant in my hand, the face as small as my thumbnail. Within the silver bezel was an entire mosaic ...

Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

Having faced continuous drone attacks by Iran and its proxies over the last two years, the US military is responding by standing up its first one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East — and ...

DAMASCUS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Six ancient statues have been stolen from the National Museum of Damascus, which is one of the Middle East's oldest cultural institutions and houses a collection showing ...

It used to be thought that ancient Mesoamerican monuments were built and used predominantly by powerful leaders and ruling classes. Among the early Maya, however, the site of Aguada Fénix would have ...

GM just announced that sales of its utility vehicles increased during the third quarter in the Middle East, spearheaded by its line of full-size SUVs. “Driven by a new generation of customers and a ...

In the 77 years since the formation of the Jewish state, and for the 2,000 years since the destruction of the Second Temple, the West has understood peace in the Middle East—peace between Arabs and ...

Finding the oldest Maya site ever documented was only the beginning of archaeologist Takeshi Inomata’s discoveries. After locating the Aguada Fénix site buried in the jungle of southern Mexico in 2017 ...

The regional order of the Middle East is rapidly evolving, but not in the way many Israeli and U.S. officials assume it is. U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to end the war in Gaza delivered the ...

Tony Sage, CEO of rare earths miner Critical Metals Corp, said the U.S.-listed firm has received “phenomenal” interest from the Middle East. His comments come as business leaders convene at Saudi ...