The Zhetyasar Oasis, located in the East Aral Sea area and along the middle Syrdarya River in the Kyzylorda Region, contains ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

4,500-year-old DNA offers new clues about ancient human societies.

Assisting in the reconstruction of Syria is not nation-building but an investment in regional stability that will yield dividends for years to come, writes Owen Kirby ...

Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Ancient Egypt is a period of time that elicits great fascination and, even today, secrets from that era are continuing to be uncovered. For the first time, scientists have now been able to sequence ...

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?