Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

A shop owner sits inside his store in the old city market in Damascus, 9 January, 2025 ...

Three concentric circles of domestic, regional, and global actors compete for power and influence in Syria because of the ...

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

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

A Syrian footballer who lost his eyesight while fleeing his war-torn home country has graduated from university in the UK. In 2014, Maher Fattouh, then aged 21, was caught in a bomb explosion as he ...