Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on history ...

Learn how environmental changes have humbled many of history’s most successful and dominant cultures.

A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ancient Middle East. In 1919, Breasted founded the Oriental Institute (OI), kicking off a century of archaeology and ...

Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

This brand of salafism evolved significantly since it emerged over a century ago in the Middle East. A pivotal figure ... Islam as a civilization is under attack and its historic domains are ...

waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia By Joshua Hammer Some citizens and archaeologists are concerned about what they see as widespread "mismanagement" of Egypt ...

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...

McCarron’s new book, The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilization, is the sobering yet often ... travel accounts and filmed documentaries, including of the Middle East’s Holy ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on history of Early Palestine. In this video, we explore The Early History of Palestine ...