Prologue The Roosevelt poster on freedom is timeless. I thought about its message while on the Parthenon. In early October ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

A circle of figures, cloaked in ritual robes, stands in a clearing as the last light of day disappears behind the trees. A ...

It highlights ancient Egyptian civilization and aims to boost tourism, a crucial source of foreign currency for Egypt. The $1 ...

To class-obsessed British traditionalists at the turn of 1800, the painting was a spectacular metaphor for the shining evil ...

At sixty-five years, Nigeria should be standing tall as a nation of wisdom, strength, and global leadership. In the life of an individual, sixty-five is not only the age of maturity but also of ...

We speak to Madees Khoury, the Middle East’s only female brewmaster, carrying a family legacy, breaking gender norms, and bringing Palestinian beer to the world ...

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...

In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on ...