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

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

For collectors, historians, and artisans, Exquisite Knives serves as a testament to the enduring allure of handcrafted blades ...

PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...

It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.

Did Tamil Nadu rewrite Iron Age history? New findings reveal iron-smelting here dates back to 3345 BCE—2,000 years before the ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

The late Hadiya Shatakh, one of the members of the ancient Jewish community in Damascus, has passed away at age 92. Shatakh, who had no children, belonged to a long-time family from the ancient ...

The world of the Roman Empire was not just one of legions, emperors, and conquests — it was also a world of legal disputes, ...

A Syrian footballer who lost his eyesight while fleeing his war-torn home country has graduated from university in the UK. In 2014, Maher Fattouh, then aged 21, was caught in a bomb explosion as he ...

The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...

The Kansept Deadite’s groovy moniker is matched only by its premium blade and handle. (Somewhere, Bruce Campbell shudders.) ...