The world is watching Saudi Arabia. The country isn't just building hotels; it's creating brand new places to visit, tu ...

A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

CAIRO - Egypt began a public live restoration of King Khufu’s ancient solar boat at the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum on ...

In little more than a century, Muslim forces expanded from Arabia across the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, and Central ...

Neither have any of the politicians and media commentators who abuse the anti-genocide demonstrators uttered one word of condemnation of Israel for the murder of tens of thousands of children.

Since the early 20th century, Christmas has evolved from a religious holiday to a hugely popular cultural holiday observed by ...

What if the way you celebrate Christmas Eve could tell a story thousands of years old, woven from ancient customs, religious symbolism, and cultural exchanges ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...