The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

A joint team of archeologists from the U.K.'s Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site while undertaking a remote sensing survey to map the Darb Zubaydah ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate over the Sasanian Empire.

Researchers have identified a "hugely significant" ancient battle site with the help of declassified U.S. spy satellite images. A team of archaeologists from the U.K.'s Durham University and Iraq's ...

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

But Mount Vesuvius’ eruption wiped it and other nearby Roman settlements off the map ... North Africa and the Middle East, while Pompeii was located next to one of the ancient world’s busiest ...

Archaeologists discover ancient site of key Iraq battle thanks to old spy photos - Iraqis who grew up under the rule of ...

Middle Eastcategory Creating in the dark: Lebanese artists struggle to keep creativity alive in a nation at war November 12, 2024 Middle Eastcategory Israel says it is pushing to get aid into Gaza ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

In the latest retaliatory strikes, U.S. forces hit a weapons storage and logistics facility after militia groups launched a rocket attack on U.S. personnel at Patrol Base Shaddadi in eastern Syria.