It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.

A team of archaeologists from Durham University in the U.K. and the University of Al-Qadisiyah in Iraq, led by Dr. William ...

Many have talked about the number one listed tourist attraction in the city - the Damascus Umayyad Mosque. One said: “The Umayyad Mosque is considered a historical architecture masterpiece that ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

A bronze buck from the Umayyad era sold for £4.2 million ($5.4 million) at a Sotheby’s auction dedicated to artworks from the Islamic world and India. The eighth-century sculpture surpassed its ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...

Studio Cho, Chen-Yu Chiu and his students from Bilkent University have completed the Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World ...

Sultan, led by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950s, revealed significant archaeological findings, including ...

A new exhibition running at the British Museum explores the vast network of cultural and commercial connections that spanned ...

The ruins of the pantry were located in a layer of soil razed by fire. The complex was likely burnt when the Umayyad dynasty of Arabs attacked Central Asia. A similar pantry has been discovered in ...