Since the 19th century, Nemrut Dağ has become known as one of the most famous sites of the ancient Near East, being recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. Theresa Goell stands in ...

Cyrus the Great (590-529 BCE) was known as an innovative warrior and a benevolent king. He expanded the Achaemenid Dynasty to ...

Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea - the cities of the seven churches of Revelation (Rev 1:11; 2:1--3:22) Patmos - small island in the Aegean Sea, near Ephesus; where John, the author of Revelation ...

Nearchus, the Navigator, bridged East and West with a daring voyage that reshaped ancient maritime strategy and trade routes.

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...

When we talk about ancient Greek colonies, many think of the spots across Europe, such as Syracuse in Italy, but which was ...

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

EAST PROVIDENCE – A whale discovered this weekend near East Providence's Bold Point Park in upper Narragansett Bay has been dead for four months, its carcass having originally been spotted in ...

A minke whale carcass, first spotted in January, was found near Bold Point Park in East Providence. Due to its advanced state of decomposition and location, the whale will be left to decompose ...

A juvenile was shot in the leg near Coveview Court in New Orleans East, according to New Orleans police.The victim was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle. Investigators are still working ...

Dr. Aaron Schmitt of the Institute of Prehistory, Protohistory and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology. The ancient city of Nineveh, located near the modern Iraqi city of Mosul, is considered to be ...