Great powers have long made policy toward an imagined Iran—one that none of them had the patience to truly understand. Now, ...

Zendaya’s method dressing for ‘The Odyssey’ just went ancient: the actress wore earrings dating back to 1st millennium BC to ...

Archaeologists found thin gold pieces placed inside the mouths of several people buried at the site, including one with the ...

History places two images side by side: a republic marking a quarter-millennium of constitutional liberty and a regime defined by the burial of the ruler around whom it built its ...

Baku sits on the edge of the Caspian Sea, where ancient stone walls stand not far from modern towers and offshore oil ...

In California’s White Mountains, a bristlecone pine called Methuselah has held on for nearly 4,800 years, outlasting kingdoms ...

The problem is Iran is incapable of keeping an agreement. The Iranians are all about kicking the can down the road. They love ...

Tel Aviv’s Nabucco gala becomes a surreal night of opera, sirens, and ancient prophecy colliding with present-day missile ...

UNESCO and local authorities report damage to ancient monuments, historic markets and religious sites, while Israel says it does not deliberately target cultural property ...

Does the Iranian experience since 1979 represent a model of political modernity rooted in religion, or is it better understood as a narrative that combines modern populism with traditional social and ...

In 1969, archaeologists excavating the Issyk kurgan in southeastern Kazakhstan made a discovery that would become a national ...

The Iranian auteur discusses the Karlovy Vary-debuting Berlin-set drama, his calls with his friend — who edited and produced ...