On the rocks at the entrance to the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, Islamist militants have ... militants who had occupied it for 10 months. In Palmyra's stunning Roman theatre, militants have ...

One of the world’s most important historical sites, Palmyra ... Temple of Bel and the Temple of Baalshamin. In one of the most gruesome videos to come out of Islamic State’s reign in Syria ...

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The situation in Syria remains a ... the Syrian civil war, many historical sites suffered significant damage. Among them was the Temple of Baalshamin in ancient Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage ...

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple, a historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968, was intentionally set ...

The large mosaic was discovered beneath a home in Homs, a western region of Syria, which is pictured here. Photo from Ghazal Magh, UnSplash A sprawling, centuries-old mosaic was recently unearthed ...

Science. Earthquake in archaeology after a thousand-year-old tomb full of treasures and completely intact appears in Chechnya Science. Scientists confirm it: this could be the new date for the end ...

An organization that honored The Associated Press’ Nick Ut with its “ photo of the year ” in 1973 for a picture of a girl running from a napalm attack in the Vietnam War says it has ...

FILE - Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut, center, flanked by Kim Phuc, left, holds the" Napalm Girl", his Pulitzer Prize winning photo as they wait to meet with Pope Francis during the ...

Photo Group Says It Has 'Suspended Attribution' of Historic Vietnam Picture Because of Doubts An organization that honored The Associated Press' Nick Ut with its “ photo of the year ” in 1973 ...