A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ancient Middle East. In 1919, Breasted founded the Oriental Institute (OI), kicking off a century of archaeology and ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

This brand of salafism evolved significantly since it emerged over a century ago in the Middle East. A pivotal figure ... Islam as a civilization is under attack and its historic domains are ...

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...

The logo-syllabic writing style is one of the earliest in civilized history, and translations of the ancient Babylonian tablets are essentially windows into the civilization’s commerce ...

( MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) Instagram, in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of tourism and Antiquities, has launched a ...

Tribalism has been a continual link in the legacy of these ancient people ... Everyone’s talking about a remake of the Middle East, now that its principal tyrant, Hassan Nasrallah, the late ...

McCarron’s new book, The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilization, is the sobering yet often ... travel accounts and filmed documentaries, including of the Middle East’s Holy ...