Daniel Neep’s excellent account corrects the traditional narrative to show a nation surviving and resisting the powers that ...

In 1221 on the plains of current-day Turkmenistan lay the city of Merv. The town faced a Mongol besiegement under one of ...

At the turn of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the zenith of its power. However, its success did not go unnoticed ...

Sabbatai Zevi was the 17th-century false messiah whose life blurred the lines between Judaism and Islam as he converted to ...

Historians have been reconstructing the long-lost story of two of British history's most mysterious artefacts - a pair of ...

One of the most consequential forms of historical revision appears in those academic and pedagogical settings where the ...

Sharaa, who ‍has vowed to protect the rights of all Syrian groups, ⁠issued a decree on January 16 formally recognizing ...

The story is told of how the Armenian king Trdat (also known as Tiridates III) was physically transformed into a wild boar as ...

Romania’s annual January 24 celebration marks the 1859 Union of the Romanian Principalities, or the Small Union, when ...

The burning bush is the eternal symbol of Jewish history. The bush is on fire, yet it is not consumed. And the State of ...

Owned by Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria, the top lot is a natural pearl and emerald necklace. Another highlight is a jewel ...

Jan 22 - Syrian Kurdish forces have lost control of big parts of the country this month as government troops under President ...