Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East ...

Where the hot and sweltering tropical valleys and bleached coastlines of Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago meet, archaeologists and geneticists have excavated, and resurrected, ancient hum ...

Map showing Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Dates in bold green and dark red are of their construction and destruction, respectively. Credit: Mediterranean Basin and Near East before 1000 AD ...

Since the 19th century, Nemrut Dağ has become known as one of the most famous sites of the ancient Near East, being recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. Theresa Goell stands in ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers are still charting how ...

With Iran and Israel firing missiles at each other since Friday, interference has disrupted navigation systems near the vital waterway between Iran and Oman which handles about a fifth of the ...

The Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires has published an annotated text corpus of some 6,000 Babylonian texts from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. The texts have been ...

Tragedy struck Gaza as at least 38 Palestinians were killed in shootings near food distribution centers, marking the deadliest incident yet. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)-operated centers ...

With the alarming escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict on both sides, many people in the U.S. and around the world are wondering: Why should a war in the Middle East impact my portfolio?