While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...

SYRIAN troops advanced into Aleppo’s central old city yesterday in the final offensive against 5,000 Western-backed insurgents. They liberated the Farafira district on the north side of the medieval ...

The scars that disfigure Syria after 14 years of civil war are wider than its minefields. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ...

No place was worse hit than Antakya where 90% of the buildings were lost and more than 20,000 people died in the town and the ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are ...

The UN body has brought several religious and other buildings in the Iraqi city back to life as part of an $115 million ...

Explore the 10 largest castles in the world, ranked by area. From Poland’s Malbork Castle to India’s Mehrangarh Fort, discover these grand historic fortresses.

Dutch girl, 11, stabbed to death in broad daylight by 'man from Syria' ...

The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...