Archaeologists Discover a Well-Preserved Sword From Early Medieval-Era in a Cemetery Engraved With Mysterious Runes ...

"Out beyond ideas of conquest and colonization lies a legacy of knowledge that shaped the world." — Inspired by Rumi India, a ...

Dating to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E., the burials held a trove of grave goods—but the team was particularly impressed ...

For the first time, visitors will see ancient artifacts from the Griffin Warrior Tomb, during an exhibition in Greece ...

The demand for Iranian Iron Age weapons began after a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan in the late 1920s.

It was found in a cemetery for high-social-status individuals that's being kept secret from the public due to the value.

The instant collapse of Assad’s rule will reshape the geopolitics of the Mideast for years to come. Within Syria itself, the challenge is how to replace the bloodthirsty past and current revolutionary ...

Whether unconventional leaders have been good or bad for their countries is debatable, but they definitely change the course ...

"The fact that he bought me a sword, it's the most ancient form of respect." While katanas are most often associated with the Edo period (1603-1868), the history of the single-edged sword goes as ...

The military’s expanded perch on the peak of Mount Hermon, straddling the so-called disengagement zone, gives Israel clear sightlines to the Syrian capital, Damascus, 25 miles away. Israeli ...

Syrian fighters rest in the ancient city of Palmyra ... the last coachload of tourists trundled through the desert from Damascus, 150 miles to the southwest, Palmyra has been a place of ...

Bathed in the glow of the winter sun, the colonnades of ancient Palmyra are perhaps Syria’s most precious ... In the 13 years since the last coachload of tourists trundled through the desert from ...