The Baha’i faith fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries, but in several Middle East nations, followers face repression that is drawing criticism from human rights groups. Baha' ...

Archaeologists unveil Peñico, a city that thrived 3,500 years ago, linking Pacific coast cultures with those in the Amazon.

Israel’s adversaries have a long history of suffering humiliation and defeat and loudly declaring victory.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, a Barack Obama appointee, ruled the executive order applied to a class of immigrants ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

The U.S. and Iran had been set for a fifth round of nuclear talks when Israeli launched strikes on Iranian nuclear and ...

A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and U.S. President Donald ...

Israel and Iran on Tuesday accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump to end their 12-day war that roiled ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

The painters of ancient Egypt could not have been more different: Creators of some of the world’s most iconic art, they worked anonymously, continuing a style whose precepts were laid down at ...

Archaeologists excavating the temple there found a relief showing King Ptolemy VIII (reign circa 170 to 116 B.C.) offering sacrifices to the lion-headed goddess Repit and her son Kolanthes.

When Breasted first visited Egypt in the early 20th century, he saw the potential of a new, developing technology to record the vast number of hieroglyphs and decorative reliefs: photography. However, ...