4,500-year-old DNA offers new clues about ancient human societies.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The ancient Egyptian potter lived about 4,500 years ago. It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of ...

The youth, a Syrian who lives in Germany, was accused of helping to interpret bomb-building instructions and of translating an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State for the main suspect. By ...

Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most critical and dangerous maritime chokepoint, essential for global energy supplies and ...

Israel fired a new round of strikes at Tehran and other Iranian cities early on Monday, and the Israeli military said it had ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

Once pragmatic allies under the geopolitical pragmatism of the Shah’s Iran, the two nations are now locked in a theological and strategic standoff with global implications. Understanding this rivalry ...

There is a silence that comforts — the silence of awe before the sacred, the pause of grief, the reverent hush of memory. And then there is another kind. A silence of erasure, of complicity, of moral ...