For a vacation full of ancient ruins, artistic displays, and authentic old-word European culture, head to this city, the ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

Maria Abi-Habib was a roving Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, focused on terrorism issues and jihadist groups such as al Qaeda and Islamic State. She had been based in Beirut and ...

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

Archaeologists recently unveiled a series of strange, centuries-old inscriptions at the site believed to be the location of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of unique, centuries-old inscriptions in a place believed to be the site of the ...

Since antiquity, Aleppo has been famous for gold. But a post-war crime wave means jewelers no longer display gold in windows. The city is installing solar-powered streetlights to fight crime.

A new discovery unearthed by an international team of archeologists in the heart of modern-day Guatemala has put another piece in the puzzle revealing a turbulent period of time of the ancient ...

The discovery, announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, was made within the ancient city of Tikal - an enormous city-state which battled for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for ...

But one ancient city in the country’s deep south often flies under the radar, despite being one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on Earth. The city in question is Matera, a UNESCO ...