Middle East
Ancient City's Destruction by Exploding Space Rock May Have Inspired Biblical Story of Sodom
Around 1650 B.C.E., the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam was wiped out by a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima
Mass Graves of 13th-Century Crusaders Reveal Brutality of Medieval Warfare
Found in Lebanon, the 25 soldiers' remains bear unhealed wounds from stabbing, slicing and blunt force trauma
Life-Size Camel Sculptures in Saudi Arabia Are Older Than Stonehenge, Pyramids of Giza
New research suggests the animal reliefs date to between 7,000 and 8,000 years ago
This Teenager Is Developing a Video Game That Assesses Your Mental Health
Rasha Alqahtani, an 18-year-old from Saudi Arabia, is determined to help her peers learn about their anxiety—in the wildly popular setting of 'Minecraft'
Hyenas Hoarded Thousands of Human, Animal Bones in Saudi Arabian Lava Tube
The huge stockpile includes camel, rodent and cattle remains
Babylonians Used Applied Geometry 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras
Calculations inscribed on a clay tablet helped ancient people document property boundaries, new research suggests
Archaeologists Discover 2,550-Year-Old Carving of the Last King of Babylon
Found in northern Saudi Arabia, the inscription depicts sixth-century B.C.E. ruler Nabonidus holding a scepter
Tracing Coffee's Travels From the East to the West
New exhibition explores how the caffeinated beverage sparked religious controversy and technical innovation
Nine New Sites, From Chinese Port City to Saudi Rock Art Complex, Join Unesco World Heritage List
Other honorees include a group of European spa towns, a 13th-century Hindu temple and a lighthouse in France
Researchers Recover DNA From 1,600-Year-Old, Naturally Mummified Sheep Leg
The molecules offer insights on ancient farming practices near the Chehrabad salt mine in Iran
This 3,100-Year-Old Inscription May Be Linked to a Biblical Judge
A pottery fragment found in Israel bears the name Jerubbaal—a nickname for Gideon ben Yoash, who appears in the Book of Judges
Palatial, 2,000-Year-Old Public Building Revealed in Jerusalem
The grand structure, which once hosted events near the Temple Mount, will soon open to tourists
Archaeologists Propose 4,500-Year-Old Burial Mound Was World's First Military Memorial
Mesopotamians turned a community tomb on the Euphrates into a battle monument
7,000-Year-Old Seal Impression Found in Israel Offers Clues to Prehistoric Trade
The clay object—the oldest of its kind found in the region—may have been used to mark a shipment or secure a grain silo door shut
Ruins of Millennia-Old Monument Unearthed in Turkish 'City of the Blind'
Archaeologists conducting excavations at an Istanbul train station found traces of an ancient apse, or semicircular recess
Passage Through the Zagros
True to an ancient way of life, a family in Iran makes a treacherous seasonal migration across the mountains
Gas Shortages in 1970s America Sparked Mayhem and Forever Changed the Nation
Half a century ago, a series of oil crises caused widespread panic and led to profound shifts in U.S. culture
Did a Neolithic Cattle Cult Build These Sprawling Structures in Saudi Arabia?
The roughly 7,000-year-old mustatils, or rectangular monuments, predate both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids
Virtual Tour Restores Baalbek's Stunning Roman Temples to Their Former Glory
The free online experience allows users to toggle between views of the ancient Lebanese city today and as it appeared in 215 A.D.
Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought?
Scholar Monica Green combined the science of genetics with the study of old texts to reach a new hypothesis about the plague
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