Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians ...

A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ancient Middle East. In 1919 ... of civilization,” is the crescent-shaped region in Western Asia and North Africa ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome ... to the study of early civilizations in Western ...

A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...

Here’s a look at notable spring festivals from the ancient cultures of the MENA region.The Akitu Festival, which dates back to at least 2000 BCE, about 4,000 years ago, was one of the most significant ...

Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...