ACCORDING TO ONE legend, the Kurds are descended from 400 virgins who were raped by devils on the way to King Solomon's court. Fatah Kavian, a member of the central committee of the anti-Khomeini ...

Representatives of political parties came together for rare meetings on the occasion of Qurban Bayram, or Eid al-Adha, where ...

As the Middle East reshapes itself in the wake of seismic shifts, including the October 7 war in Gaza, the erosion of ...

What do archaeology and written records reveal about the origin of the Phrygians, one of the most prominent nations in Iron Age Anatolia?

This is the twentieth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe, Turkey, and the Near East to Georgia and ...

Do you know how many asiatic countries there are in the world? There are a total of 48 countries in Asia, which is the ...

How One Ancient Language Went Global” explores the roots of language and how it spread and changed across time and place.