Iraq wants to open up ancient trade routes to create a new "Silk Road" of highways, railways and ports linking the Gulf to Europe to rival the Suez Canal as a trade route.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday reaffirmed the government's commitment to further expanding Türkiye's ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

IN A first, the government has undertaken a comprehensive scientific study using ancient and modern genomics to “conclusively” find the population history of South Asia, amid conflicting theories ...

Shambhala, which is a Sanskrit word meaning “place of peace” or “place of silence,” is a mythical paradise spoken of in ancient texts, including the Kalachakra Tantra and the ancient scriptures of the ...

Our Gemara on amud aleph discusses the halachic legal principle of ein ed na’aseh dayan, one who acted as a witness in a particular matter cannot become a judge with regard to that same matter ...

Chupacabra: Legend of a Blood-Sucking Cryptid in Latin America The Chupacabra is a legendary cryptid often associated with Mexico, and well-known across Latin America. One of the locations the ...

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During his three-day trip, which also took him to the Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Iraq and the southern port city of Basra, Pezeshkian announced the conclusion of 14 deals with Iraq covering ...

Tariq Malik Tuesday, August 20, 2024: The super Blue Moon rises over the flare stacks of an oil field near the port city of Basra in southern Iraq in this photo taken by photojournalist Hussein ...

From the book “Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palaestine et de la Basse Aegypte: ouvrage divisé en trois volumes contenant environ trois cent trente planches 1799/1800″/Public ...