The U.S. military has completed the transfer of thousands of Islamic State group detainees from Syria to Iraq, where they are ...

The Kingdom of Urartu, a once significant ancient civilization nestled in the rugged terrain of the Armenian Highlands, flourished from the 9th to 6th centuries BC. Often overshadowed by its ...

A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a ...

I was recently in Yerevan, Armenia, sitting among a crowd gathered for European Heritage Days 2025 and the Day of National Minorities in Armenia. The air was alive with color and music. On stage, the ...

A fragment of a cuneiform seal that’s now the first direct evidence of official communication between the kingdoms of Judah and Assyria has emerged at an archaeological site in Israel. According to ...

This tiny fragment belied a find of Biblical proportions. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in ...

“Spain has some of the best art-crime investigators in the world." On a quiet Friday morning in early October, a van carrying dozens of paintings arrived at the CajaGranada Cultural Center, a modern ...

An oil painting by Pablo Picasso, unseen by the public for more than 80 years, will go under the hammer in Paris next month. The painting, “Bust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat,” depicts French ...

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It took 80 years to track down and a week of international intrigue, but a long-lost 18th-century painting looted by the Nazis has been recovered after it was spotted in a recent Argentinian real ...

From Mesopotamia to military mastery, rule astutely as Assyria. Check out the latest Civilization 7 trailer for the strategy game. Get ready to add the Assyria civilization to your collection for the ...