The mud and bronze from which the Lebanese artist Ali Cherri sculpts his latest creations are freighted with history, memory ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

Paris exhibition unveils Gaza’s 5,000-year-old artifacts, shedding light on the region’s rich history amid the destruction of ...

In this article, Jeremy Salt chronicles the deliberate destruction of Gaza's people, history, culture, and identity.

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...

Dear Sir Sadequain,You have been in my thoughts since last month's extraordinary 'planetary parade' when on February 28, seven planets aligned in the night sky. Five of them - Mercury, Venus, Mars, ...

Har Megiddo (pictured) in Northern Israel, (הר מגידו) rendered Armageddon in the Bible is the site of a former Bible battle – ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

In 1911, the explorer Gertrude Bell visited the German excavations at Ashur, the founding capital of the Assyrian empire. Emerging from communities on the banks of the Tigris, in present-day Iraq ...