From gilded palace gates and formidable city entrances to pretty portals into sacred places, we take a look at the most ...

AI breathes life into a 3,000-year-old Babylonian text, reconnecting the modern world with the forgotten voice of an ancient civilization.

The British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, proposed a ‘law of science’ in ...

In our roundup of travel stories this week: the seven-foot “monster” that stalked West Virginia, the Roman tunnel where a hated emperor nearly met his end, and the enormous bunker city built by Nazis ...

In 1967, Israel wins the Six-Day War, capturing the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Gaza, Sinai, and the Golan Heights.

From a sun-soaked Italian Riviera to the alpine glamour of St Moritz, these captivating travel books will transport you to an ...

Cairo is at the intersection of civilizations dating back more than 5,000 years, and reminders of that lie in front of you at ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at ...

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

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...