The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir-Saeid ...

Bordering Iran and Russia, predominantly Muslim Azerbaijan is a hidden gem, a fascinating nation, and a friend to the US.

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Wedged between the Middle East, south Asia and central Asia, Afghanistan occupies a pivotal place in world geography and world history. Its location has helped draw a diversity of cultures, religions ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

The fall of a great civilization is never a sudden explosion; it’s a slow, tragic erosion. The world's oldest societies— ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.