On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural ...

The Nineveh International Film Festival in Mosul showcases 398 films from 15 countries, marking a cultural revival for the ...

Xi’an offers visitors an unparalleled opportunity to step back in time and explore the foundations of ancient Chinese society. The city’s history stretches far beyond its most well-known ...

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The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are entombed Eli Wizevich History ... an ancient city located around ...

In the 1840s, archeologists excavating the ancient city of Nineveh found tens of thousands of clay tablets that had hardened in the blaze. Gilgamesh was among the literature found, per the podcast ...

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh.

There, around the corner from the Elgin Marbles, is a long stretch of alabaster reliefs originally from the North Palace of Nineveh in modern-day Iraq that depict the empire’s ruler King Ashurbanipal ...

Journey back in time in this ancient city, nestled below the Himalayas, where daily life is steeped in a rich culture. You would be forgiven for thinking you have walked into an open museum when y ...