The map highlights the city of Palmyra in central Syria ... historic sites scattered across a land central to many ancient Middle Eastern civilizations. The historic souks, caravansaries and ...

The blend of ancient traditions, the colorful sights, and the sounds of the Medina make it a place that feels timeless. It was a perfect introduction to travel in the Middle East, a city that gave ...

You might think that skyscraper cities are a recent development, and in the Middle East that they are only ... previously said. But these ancient buildings skills are facing extinction, Salma ...

A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ancient Middle East. In 1919, Breasted founded the ... a complex society of cities (the word “civilization” comes ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location ... This little-understood Middle Eastern culture ruled much of modern-day Jordan from the third ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome ... of life in the some of the world’s oldest cities.