An archaeological expedition from the University of Gothenburg recently discovered tombs outside the Bronze Age trading metropolis Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus
Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs in the Bronze Age in the village of Hala Sultan Tekke
Climate-driven changes to food availability were a factor behind dramatic historical events that led the oasis city of Palmyra in Syria to its ultimate demise
What ancient dung reveals about Epipaleolithic animal tending: a study about Abu Hureyra, published on PLoS One
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria
Drought reveals a 3400-year-old urban center of the Mittani Empire, emerging from the Tigris River: archaeologists believe it can be Zakhiku
A new study reveals the features of the population that was buried in the necropolis of Tell es-Sin in Syria, a Byzantine archaeological site
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age palace in Kemune, on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The soil at the early Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük in Turkey offers a distinct signal for following the management of animals there
Researchers from Penn and Harvard are the first ones to make archaeological use of U2 spy plane imagery from the Cold War-era
