More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

A rare ancient tomb in southwestern Turkey, long believed to be an Islamic shrine, is now the focus of a new conservation project after archaeologists confirmed it as the tomb of a famous ancient ...

Archaeologists uncover mosaics linked to early Christian churches in ancient Antipatrea, the Greek city beneath modern Berat, ...

Archaeologists have finally found the first contextual evidence of Sudan's "King Arthur's" existence, King Qasqash.

In 1501, Shah Isma'il the Safavid, from the Central Asian Safavid tribes, established the first Shi'i state in Iran, marking a turning point in the country's history.

A newly analyzed Greek inscription indicates that the Great Mosque of Homs likely stands on the site of the Roman Temple of the Sun, revealing a layered history of pagan, Christian, and Islamic ...

One of the central figures that she discussed was the ancient Turkic goddess Umai, commonly portrayed as a fertility deity or earth goddess. Nauryzbai stressed that this interpretation reflects ...

This year marks 101 years since Malcolm X was born, and his sharp words on the reality of the American nightmare remain true today.

An increasing number of Indonesian imams are calling on the faithful to protect nature and save the world. This new movement preaching environmentalism originates in one of the largest mosques in the ...

Inside the dusty shell of one of the oldest libraries in the Palestinian territories, a group of Gazan volunteers work diligently to salvage what remains of their ancient cultural heritage. The Great ...