The Pamukkale travertines are limestone slopes and thermal water pools that have attracted visitors since before the days of ...

The styles of ancient Greek pottery and the strange effigies of the Olympic god Hermes which were used in ways few moderns ...

Water scarcity is a big issue in tourism, as residents in top spots compete with tourists to get their share of the dwindling ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

Scenic ruins of the Tachara Palace on blue sky background in Persepolis, Iran. Amazing view of the most intact of all ruins at the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Ancient Persian city.

Ancient Greece was among the most important civilisations ever to emerge from the ancient world, and it left behind plenty of evidence of its architectural genius and deep and varied culture. From ...

Roads became gridlocked as fleeing residents abandoned cars and ran on foot, carrying what belongings they could. Abandoned cars line a gridlocked road in Los Angeles as residents flee on foot. Credit ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis ...

Festivities for Wepet Renpet often took place near the Pyramids of Giza. Texts from temples at Giza and Saqqara indicate that these locations were sites for feasts and celebrations during the New ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. One of the many complex foreign policy problems that Donald Trump will inherit ...

The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his political career.

Israel on Wednesday took responsibility for a commando raid against an Iranian missile manufacturing site deep in Syria in September, an operation already widely attributed to the Israel Defense ...