The researchers involved in the project say they believe the tree species, which is thought to be extinct today, could have been the source of a healing balm mentioned in the Bible and other ancient ...

A long-lost tree species has new life after scientists planted a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in ...

There were positive links between the ancient Hebrews and the first Persian emperor, Cyrus, who liberated them from their ...

The full text of the Samaritan Pentateuch, like the rabbinic Masoretic Text is known from medieval manuscripts dating from the ninth century C.E. onwards, and undoubtedly goes back to ancient pre Qur ...

An extraordinary discovery in the ancient ruins of Yeşilova Höyük, a prehistoric city in western Turkey, has provided ...

The master storyteller that he is, Dalrymple is able to fit together pieces of a vast puzzle and create a wonderful narrative ...

The oldest eyeliner ever found has been unearthed in the ruins of a prehistoric city, revealing humans used makeup over 8,000 ...

Join in to celebrate the coming together of rhythm, grace, and glamour at one of India’s biggest belly dance festivals ...

Had it been centrally governed like today, India, too, could have been a thalassocracy as were once Athens, Carthage, Great ...

Scenes like those out of a horror film unfolded in Lebanon this week. Randa Najdi, a 35-year-old Arabic teacher, was meandering through a crowded market in southern Beirut on 17 September when an ...

After successfully adding the Al-Faw region to UNESCO's World Heritage list, Saudi Arabia is now aiming to register more ...