The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

It's a long way from Amazon's early days in creating original entertainment that put it on the map, like "Transparent ... of Ruth and Boaz set in the modern-day American South.

In a finding that bridges ancient mythology with historical cartography, the British Museum’s analysis of a 3,000-year-old ...

The well-run 1984 Olympics transformed. Not through the Games, which thrillingly came and went, but through the Olympic Arts Festival, which taught us to dream ...

But even the emergence of a modern-day Hollywood Hogan or Ric Flair doesn't detract from another truth gleaned from a night spent at "Jerry's World." No matter how lucrative and viral the event ...

Japan Marks Modern-Day Adventurer's Final Stop on 46,000 Km Trek Across Asia By Irene Wang and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor ...

Modern-day adventurer Omar Nok became a social media celebrity, attracting more than 750,000 Instagram followers, as he documented his circuitous 46,239km route from Egypt across a dozen countries ...

Upon its debut, the drama received widespread acclaim and was even labelled the 'modern-day Friends.' Lucy Mangan, TV Critic for The Guardian, gave the series a five-star rating and praised it in ...

Millions of people across the UK are bracing for bitterly cold weather next week as freezing Arctic air sweeps in, with weather maps showing which towns and cities are expected to be pounded with ...

On Friday, Lackawanna County celebrated Adoption Day, a special occasion where families officially welcomed their new children into their homes. "There's no better day here in Lackawanna County ...