Long before Persia became a world power, Iran was shaped by the Elamites and other early civilizations. This episode follows ...

Long before the rise of Islam, the Middle East was home to powerful kingdoms, complex religions, and vast trade networks that ...

Layers of forgotten civilisations shape these ancient-world books that avoid Egypt, Greece and Rome, bringing vivid echoes of ...

The ancient Abu Dhabi Pearl is among the pieces on display at the Zayed National Museum, which opened this week.

The beginning of the Classical style in Greek sculpture is the beginning of naturalism in art, an important turning point in ...

The twelve apostles, the chosen followers of Jesus Christ, went throughout the ancient world preaching, spreading ...

Nalanda’s Dharmaganja was a vast ancient library complex housing diverse manuscripts. Its destruction remains one of the greatest intellectual losses in history.

Palestinians are clearing rubble from archaeological sites, but restoration is hampered by Israeli restrictions on building ...

In comparison and contrast to several countries, Denmark is not very large in terms of land area, but despite this, it ...

God willing, ibn Kathir’s narrative (Qur’an 44:37) about how the two rabbis from the Jewish kingdom of Tubba in Yemen protected the Ka’bah from destruction will set a good example for Arab and Jewish ...

It was late November, a raw grey morning. I was walking up to London’s Chiswick High Road through the grimy Hogarth ...