Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy ... Around that time, in 146 B.C., the Roman army conquered the Greek peninsula, transforming the region’s society and ...

A sensational new papyrus from Israel documents fraud and sedition on the eve of a major Jewish revolt against Rome in the ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An U.N peacekeeper takes position in Mays al-Jabal, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo ...

MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw ...

25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military ...

Israel’s defence minister says military applying ‘method’ from Gaza war in major raid on occupied West Bank’s Jenin. Palestinians women and children, one with arms raised, walk next to ...

Jenin, an agricultural town that dates back to ancient times ... has been occupied by the Israeli military. The Israeli occupation of Jenin compounded the difficulties of these refugees.