Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...

History was made in February 2019 when Pope Francis, the figurehead for the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, became the first pontiff to visit and perform Mass in the Arabian Peninsula. His ...

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A mass grave in the Negev excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority sheds light on funerary, divination, and commercial practices in the first millennium BCE ...