Stoicism is one of ancient Greece's most enduring philosophies. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is one of its foremost figures.

Muneer Elbaz remembers the joy of visiting the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza with his family, praying at a site where people ...

Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to walk marble streets, explore Roman baths and admire landmarks like the ...

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Architect Buse Ceren Gul is on a mission: restore a 166-year-old Greek Orthodox church that was long a ...

With one of the largest and most significant empires in history, the Romans ruled territories across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for more than a thousand years. Their legacy lives on ...

Remnants of Greek cultural heritage throughout Turkey are in ruins or on the verge of collapse. Turkish authorities do not take care of these treasures, partly because the Turkish government ...

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When the German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen stumbled upon a set of ruins near the Jordanian capital of Amman in 1806, little did he know that he had just discovered one of the largest and ...

One of the newly uncovered theatrical masks includes a rare depiction of an elderly philosopher. Credit: AA. Archaeologists in southern Turkey have uncovered five new theatrical mask reliefs from the ...

Ruins are never just broken buildings. Ruins are symbols, whose meanings reflect a society's ideas, aspirations, and anxieties. When looking at ruins, in other words, we see ourselves. Trump’s Message ...