Was the Book of Daniel really written in the sixth century BC or was it a much later forgery from the Hellenistic Era?

The incredible story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of the known world is brought to life with animated maps, images from Osprey Publishing and Total War game footage. In Part 1, we look at ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Anatolia flourished and enjoyed a long period of glory forging a successful alliance ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf ...

So what corresponds to the continental shelf of the United States, which they call the Gulf of America, for us is still the Gulf of Mexico and for the whole world it will continue to be the Gulf ...

The name of the body of water has become an emotive issue for Iranians who embrace their country’s long history as the Persian Empire. A spat developed in 2017 during Trump’s first term when he used ...

The name of the body of water has become an emotive issue for Iranians who embrace their country’s long history as the Persian Empire. A spat developed in 2017 during Trump’s first term when ...

We also know that phallic symbols were used widely across the Roman Empire as a way to protect ... good luck and ward off evil spirits. As the ancient author Pliny attests, even babies and ...