In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

B.C.E., the Trojans learned a fateful lesson: beware of Greeks bearing gifts, particularly when disguised as a massive wooden ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Average temperatures hover around 19°C in May, with highs of 23°C, making it the perfect time to explore before the summer ...

And what’s more, the people of ancient Troy knew it too. A new archaeological study has found physical and chemical evidence ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing prayer.

His history is filled with the corrosive effects of fear, the seductions of ambition, the failures of leadership and the tragic unraveling of judgment. This is a study in hubris and nemesis, not ...

The Trojan War was the famous conflict between the Trojans and the Greeks. But surprisingly, the city of Troy itself was ...