The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered 12,000-year-old round stones with holes, potentially revealing the wheel's origins.

The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone in the development of rotational tools.

Some of the ancient history underneath Jerusalem is easily accessible.

Ever wondered what it would be like to step into a Bible story? Well, grab your sandals and prepare for a divine adventure, because Ohio’s got a hidden gem that’s about to rock your spiritual world.

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

UNESCO told Newsweek it "is gravely concerned about the threats posed by the conflict to the region's rich cultural heritage." ...

Lebanon’s Civil Defense service says they have pulled 30 bodies from the rubble of an apartment building that Israel struck ...

Jewish history in the land of Israel is often presented as a side note to more contemporary European events,” according to Andrea Levin, who leads CAMERA.

BEIRUT — As Israel intensified attacks in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek this week, residents with nowhere else to go fled to the ancient Roman temples ... The Israeli military Wednesday ...