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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking ...
Facebook Marketplace is typically used as a hub for thrifters to discover hidden gems that are now up for resale. But in ...
Where the cella of the shrine of Baal Shamin once stood, only four columns now remain. And the remains of the Arch of Triumph, dating back to the era of Roman Emperor Severus in the third century, lie ...
Based on the presence of the cross and the pottery and glass pieces that were found, this tomb dates back to the Byzantine ...
A contractor found a tomb complex dating back to the Byzantine empire in Syria's Idlib province, just as many residents have ...
A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled ...
London: The collapse of a once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rush in Syria where experts say social media has emerged as a key hub for the sale of ...
Turkey's minister of culture and tourism announced the discovery of a new tomb in an eighth-century-B.C. city that was the homeland of King Midas.
Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.