The pope is seeking to make communities feel less isolated and to encourage them to remain in their ancestral lands.

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...

The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

In the earlier part of this series, I looked at Western responses to Israel through various theological lenses—premillennial, ...

We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa reaffirmed the Gulf Cooperation Council’s determination to strengthen its partnership with Italy, underscoring the importance of advancing economic, social, and ...

This tiny technique transforms almost any humble broth into a creamy, comforting, thick soup.

Pope Leo XIV touched down in the conflict-ridden Middle East on the first international trip of his papacy.

What do we know about the legendary Egyptian King Sesostris? Was he a real person? According to evidence, he was.