The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

The origins of Rome have been debated for centuries but one tale has prevailed over the rest: twin brothers Romulus and Remus ...

For this reason, Cyrus became (and remains) a legendary figure in Jewish history, though he was not Jewish himself. He was more likely a devotee of Zoroastrianism, which was fervently embraced by his ...

The Islamic Golden Age thrived as Greek thought, preserved by the Byzantines and rendered into Arabic, powered Baghdad’s ...

The list of countries beginning with the letter “I” exemplifies how geography can surprise us with its intricate patterns.

In Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, entire neighborhoods were emptied. ISIS looted homes and burned churches, turning ...

Visitors to the Acropolis Museum today were met with a striking new sight on the west side of its outdoor terrace -- a ...

Archaeologists in ancient city of Nineveh, Iraq have uncovered colossal lamassu statues and intricate reliefs from an ...

Egyptian antiquities officials have reported the disappearance of a pharaonic painting from the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Republic of Iraq teamed up on research into an ancient sculpture using the lost wax ...

There are good reasons to be drawn to antiquities, but also many reasons to hesitate before buying, starting with concerns about illicit trade.