With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's Petra facades, Hegra is a history-rich highlight in newly ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

Standing at the edge of Dholavira is witnessing history textbooks crammed in school coming to life. One is suddenly standing ...

Across Australia, history enthusiasts are having serious fun with medieval times through dedicated clubs, and finding ...

Explore the rich history of the ancient spring festivals of the MENA region, including Akitu, Nowruz, and Shamm El-Nessim.

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

Qatar’s Doha Film Institute has revealed the 47 projects across all formats selected for its fall 2024 grants round.

The world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), which aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. But adopting clean ...

From Mesopotamia to China and India, the earliest evidence of written language dates back to around 3400 BCE. The oldest examples of writing, discovered in modern-day Iraq, began as pictorial symbols ...

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that ... that strips away all the rights that Iraqi women gained in modern times'. Ms Mohammed added that the bill would 'force archaic Islamic sharia ...

Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...