Source: The Washington Post By Tom Metcalfe Parts of a Nazi-destroyed synagogue in Lithuania are seeing the light of day again after archaeologists unearthed the religious center’s buried bimah, or central […]
India’s “Adopt a Heritage” scheme raises serious questions about historical and cultural integrity. By Priyanka Borpujari May 08, 2018 Would corporate funding give impetus to […]
Is that a 3,000-year-old picture of god, his penis and his wife depicted by early Jews at Kuntillet Ajrud? More than four decades after its excavation wound down, a small […]
Source: BBC News High resolution 3D scans of more than 25 historical sites from around the world are being released. CyArk used cutting edge digital archaeology techniques including laser scanning and drones to capture the images which have been released by the Google Arts and Culture project. The project coincides […]
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:44020262&locale=en Embed code This content was published on April 6, 2018 On its 1,250th anniversary, the Court Church of St. Leodegar in Lucerne is opening up its treasure trove […]
Source: CBS This Morning One of the largest subway construction projects in the country is providing a window into Los Angeles’ ancient past. We first took you underground last summer where […]
By Bill Harby This content was published on March 18, 2018 In 1998, construction workers excavating for a car park uncovered archaeological artifacts dating back to about 11,000 BCE […]
by ismailimail Posted on March 8, 2018 In the Al-Hussein quarter in Islamic Cairo, the historic Mosque and University of A-Azhar stands welcoming worshippers, students and visitors. The mosque, like […]
Source: Travel and Leisure The tomb was covered in well-preserved and rare paintings By LISA MARIE SEGARRA FEBRUARY 03, 2018 Archeologists have uncovered the tomb of an ancient priestess in Egypt. […]
Source: The Guardian BY Alison Flood One of the last remaining Dead Sea scrolls has been deciphered by researchers at the University of Haifa, with the ancient fragment revealing that its […]
By: Cem Nizamoglu and Khaleel Shaikh We tend to take many things for granted. Today, we are equipped with numerous means of communication and transport over land, sea and air. […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Like any other Black Sea towns, Amasra is blessed with greenery; but what makes it different is its ancient history dating back to […]
Source: Time By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY / AP December 9, 2017 (LUXOR, Egypt) — Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city Luxor dating back […]
Source: BBC News It took 20 years to excavate, clean and put together Little Foot, whose skeleton was found in caves north of Johannesburg. Its exact age is debated, but […]
By: Glen M. Cooper The most obvious difference between modern and Islamic astronomy is that the latter is primarily mathematical and predictive, and the former has other observational goals, […]
The painting dates back to the 18th century and depicts a majestic scene of Mecca. (Sotheby’s) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 29 October 2017 The Sotheby’s auction on November […]
By: Maha Al-Shaar It is known that contaminated water contains many bacteria and harmful viruses that cause many diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, meningitis and poliomyelitis, etc. Water-related diseases […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published November 2, 2017 A student of Gaziantep, Turkey’s mosaic course imitates the style of an ancient mosaic on display at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum (AA Photo) […]
Political History According to Liutprand (d. 972), the bishop of Cremona, the history of Muslim Fraxinetum began around 887, when a small vessel carrying about twenty Andalusi sailors landed on […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Wednesday 1 November 2017 MADINAH: The Islamic University of Madinah plans to establish a history museum to achieve the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 through promoting the heritage of Saudi Arabia, Madinah and the Islamic University. “This museum will contribute to strengthening the country’s cultural identity and […]