Explore gambling in the Middle East from ancient dice and maysir to Islamic law, Ottoman coffeehouses, casinos, and UAE ...

In this episode, we explore the decline of Sumer during the Isin-Larsa period and the subsequent rise of Assyria and Babylon. #Sumer #Assyria #Babylon #IsinLarsa #HistoricalAnalysis ...

The Metropolitan Museum's looted artefacts seizures have surpassed $95 million, uncovering ancient treasures since 2017.

A handful of Nihang Sikhs captured a Rudraprayag gurdwara and engaged in a stand-off with the Uttarakhand administration. The ...

Floods that swept northern and eastern Syria in early June, along with a rise in the Euphrates River after heavy rain and ...

Libraries have served as guardians of knowledge for thousands of years, preserving ideas that might otherwise have disappeared forever. From handwritten clay tablets to modern digital archives, they ...

The excavation of the ancient city of Ur revealed wealthy, powerful rulers. There’s a compelling case they were actually women.

It's never easy when a beloved series comes to an end, and there's always a fear that decisions in the writing room mean that a show doesn't go out the way that fans were hoping. But when Netflix's ...

The famous waterway began as two rivers, a new study suggests. Tectonic activity around five million years ago probably made them change course and merge, helping to birth the Fertile Crescent ...

It has been a long, relentless journey to the World Cup for Iraq’s centre-forward Aymen Hussein, who propelled his country to the tournament for the first time in 40 years when he scored a winning ...

The landscape surrounding the ancient site of Kurd Qaburstan, where UCF-led excavations uncovered evidence of siege warfare, administrative archives and urban life dating back thousands of years. At ...

Iran is portraying the outcome of the current war as a “victory” that forced Israel to consider withdrawal. That narrative was reinforced by a warning from Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force, ...