The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.

As an ancient identity left stateless, Assyrians stand as the most concrete example of this reality. From Mesopotamia to the ...

In the deepest, darkest reaches of a cave in northern Israel lies a boulder carved to resemble a tortoise shell. Its deep ...

He was famed for excavating significant Assyrian and Babylonian finds, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest ... circular map of Mesopotamia, a historical region in the Middle East that ...

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government forces, Newsweek has mapped the political stances of the rest of the region. Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor ...

THE strategic map of the Middle East has been transformed once again, and expect it to change again sooner than you think. Indeed, the Middle East region can be compared to a kaleidoscope. And just as ...

Bahrain is one of the lesser-known countries in the Middle East, many people can’t find it on a map. It has a much less tumultuous military history than its neighbors, but it occupies a ...

Marseille, France's oldest city, has much to boast about ... it allowed Marseille to benefit from economic and cultural ...