Around 2,500 years ago, a princess living in what is now modern-day Iraq collected a number of artefacts, including a statue, a boundary stone and a mace head. The items, which show signs of ...

France was allocated what is now Syria, Lebanon and southern Turkey Britain claimed most of modern-day Iraq, southern Palestine and Kuwait Russia took control of Armenia.

Each year, the thick, porridge-like soup is made in a large, communal pot with sometimes dozens of cooks taking part in the process to crush and stir the cream-colored wheat.

Investigating rumored FEMA map of potential nuclear targets in the US The map dates to 2002 and illustrates hypothetical Russian nuclear attacks on the U.S.

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.

A ‘murder map’ holds some surprises. The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.

If one New Jersey senator has his way, New Jersey will call Delaware Bay something else and will get some land from Delaware.

Lazaridis was not involved with the new study but has done research on ancient DNA samples from Mesopotamia and the Levant, the eastern Mediterranean area that includes modern-day Syria, Lebanon ...

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Sunday his group would not surrender or lay down its weapons in response to Israeli threats, despite pressure on the Lebanese militants to disarm.

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