Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

“But our artifacts are older and from a different area on the map, suggesting the ... discovered in the unearthed ancient tomb in Tell Umm-el Marra, Syria, were the skeletal remains of six ...

Controversial Dutch researcher and seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets said on Monday that Greece is in volcanic and earthquake ...

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - Tracking down the entirety of Thai artist Pratchaya Phinthong’s “We are lived by powers we ...

"His corpse was taken en route via the Middle East through what is now Iraq to what's now Syria," Cartledge said ... It was kind of a miracle." Topographical maps and ancient sources suggest the area ...

Note Sheet NI-37-19-2a from the Levant topographical map series covering the western part of the Syrian city of Hamah (Hama) and surrounding area. Shows populated places, main roads and tracks, ...

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Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...

SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...

In an ancient city in Syria, excavations made nearly a century ago are now revealing new details, researchers said. Joe Planas via Unsplash Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to ...