Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

Stone Age artefacts discovered in Levant caves have revealed intentionally etched geometric designs, providing new evidence ...

There is mounting evidence indicating that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary origins and not just a ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh.

The Al-Hadba minaret in Mosul, Iraq has been successfully reconstructed after its destruction by Islamic State forces. Unesco ...

A study published by Dr Holly Winter in the journal Levant investigated the potential origin of Funerary Palaces in the ...

A recent study has shed new light on the cognitive and cultural complexity of human societies during the Middle Paleolithic ...