The digital rendering of an ancient weaving machine enables visitors to experience the creation of the legendary brocade "Five Stars Rise in the Eastern Sky". [Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] The ...

The digital rendering of an ancient weaving machine enables visitors ... Daily] The first digital exhibition to spotlight the Niya ruins site in the country's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region ...

Christian political parties in Nineveh have condemned the provincial council's decision to dismiss the heads of administrative units, calling it a "politically motivated move" that undermines ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural monuments. Some historic buildings are now opening after reconstruction.

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no longer exist.

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This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

In the early, heroic days of archaeology, it was invariably the ambition of those who headed out to the Levant, armed with pick and shovel, to track down wonders that they had read about in classical ...

A ceasefire agreement that began last Sunday has paused the war between Israel and Hamas, but this small territory — home to some 2 million Palestinians — now lies in ruins. Israeli troops ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

If you go without a tour, you can hire a guide at the entrance to the ruins. The Maya were never centralized in one capital. Instead, the civilization resembled ancient Greece, with competing, ...