Archaeologists just hit a historic jackpot in Kuwait—literally. A 4,000-year-old temple has been uncovered on Failaka Island, ...

Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, the term the “new Middle East” has resurfaced ...

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.

Mapmakers of the 19th century sought to render both the natural and political worlds with clarity and beauty.

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a 3,000-year-old fortress along the Horus Military Road, which was referenced in the Book ...

The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...

On October 25, 2025, the author and game-show host Ken Jennings joined the senior editor Tyler Foggatt onstage at the 26th ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

For the past half century, Egyptologists saw the rapid abandonment of Akhetaten as a sign of plague. Now that theory is being challenged.

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...