Archaeologists may have uncovered the long-lost "City of Iron" in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the artist Nick Cave collected thousands of objects to mount an exhibition on memory and history. His giant mammoth sculptures are potent, timely symbols of ...

The foremost goal of politics, since time immemorial, is to best pursue and realize the common good. Free speech certainly ...

While Javanese belief continues to shape the symbolism of Indonesian leadership, critics argue its deeper demands for restraint and moral balance are fading from political life.

Turkey has long been defined by its ability to connect worlds. In Istanbul, that connection plays out between continents. But deeper inside the country and along its southwestern coast, that ...

At a state-organised rally in Iran marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, protesters burned an effigy labelled “Baal,” depicted with .

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...

The debate over Tibet’s political status is often framed by Beijing through a single, sweeping assertion--that Tibet has “since ancient times” been an inseparable part of China.

Epigraphy reveals vital insights into Tamil Nadu's socio-political and cultural history, highlighting its significance in historical reconstruction.

The president is returning to an ancient world, before morality mattered and when human actions were governed only by power.

Archaeologists decode ancient Mesopotamian tablets, revealing eerie omens that predict the fall of empires and the death of kings.

What was the political and economic importance of the ancient city Alexandria on the Tigris? How was the city laid out? And ...