Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

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Before 2015, Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied Silk Road city. Syrians hope restoration can begin now.

As insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 days, bringing an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, they broke into prisons and security facilities to free political prisoners and many of the ...

Discovered in South Shields, it is the only Romano-British tombstone to be found which has an inscription in two languages, Latin and Aramaic, the language of Barates.

The ancient city, now situated in the centre of modern Syria, is one of two places where the exhibition begins telling the story of Syria’s textile history. The first section focuses on works ...

palmyra, syria It's difficult to know what, if anything, is left of Palmyra, the ancient Semitic city in Syria. Since being seized by Islamic State forces, it's thought many of the major sites ...

“Palmyra only opened for visits in 2019, then was promptly shut again for Covid, so very very few visitors have ever been there! It’s one of the best places in the world for snorkeling.” A ...

Few Syrians still live in the villages scattered through the desert surrounding the ancient city of Palmyra, which for years was controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group. Ongoing sleeper cell ...

His most famous painting, The Tortoise Trainer, sold for $3.5m in 2004. But to consider Hamdi Bey and his artworks a product exclusively of his Ottoman homeland is a mistake. The artist lived amid ...