The Iraq pavilion, as the special guest of the Tehran International Book Fair, opened this Wednesday afternoon on May 7 with ...

Historic Ottoman-era manuscripts, including rare 700-year-old texts, are being meticulously preserved in Irbil's Hiran Tekke ...

The erasure of Somali history began with the downfall of Islamic powers and the triumph of Christianity following the end of ...

Nawaf Nasr, 78, sits at home in Syria's Sweida district and recalls details of what he says was his past life before he died ...

A photo exhibit featuring traditional Japanese tattoo art, called "American Irezumi" is coming to San Francisco's Main ...

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s ...

Baghdad:Iraqhas announced the discovery of an ancient city dating back to the Abbasid era in Basra Governorate, southernIraq, estimated to be more ...

Every year, between 20 and 30 foreign archaeological teams arrive in the Kurdistan Region to conduct fieldwork and research. ...

With the onset of the Syrian uprising, Jaramana faced several aggressions from the ousted regime. However, it stood firm and ...

Giannakouris is an award winning Greek photojournalist working for The Associated Press since 2003. He has covered major international stories including wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Afghanistan, natural ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India ...

The animosity between Jews, Persians/Iranians and Muslims has not always been so. In fact, had it not been for the latter, ...