According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a garden near the crucifixion site (John 19:41), just outside the city (John ...

Across the ancient Mediterranean, few luxury commodities were as prized, rare, and expensive as Tyrian purple, a dye used in ...

In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...

The Nile Delta and most of Egypt north of Abydos were ruled at this time by the Hyksos—a foreign dynasty from the East—while most of the south was ruled by pharaohs from the ancient city of ...

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

The empty tomb is believed by some—particularly evangelicals and other Protestants—to be the location of Jesus's burial and resurrection.The post Huckabee joins Easter prayers at Jerusalem Garden Tomb ...

American and Syrian media outlets have reported that fighters from the Polisario Front played a role in the repression and ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

However, following the Arab conquest in 636, the name reverted to Amman, reclaiming its Semitic roots. Over time, Amman transformed from an ancient city to a bustling capital under the Hashemite ...

A new discovery unearthed by an international team of archeologists in the heart of modern-day Guatemala has put another piece in the puzzle revealing a turbulent period of time of the ancient ...

The discovery, announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, was made within the ancient city of Tikal - an enormous city-state which battled for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for ...

But one ancient city in the country’s deep south often flies under the radar, despite being one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on Earth. The city in question is Matera, a UNESCO ...