Nearly 2,700 years after King Hezekiah ruled Judah, a small clay seal impression bearing his name and that of his father, Ahaz, emerged from the soil of Jerusalem. The kingdom had fallen. The inscription had endured. Across the centuries, other names…
ANKARA — Three people, including two Turkish nationals and one French national, were killed and five others were injured on Thursday when rocks broke off a volcanic rock formation in Turkey’s popular tourism destination of Cappadocia, which is known for its…
At least two people have been killed and five injured after a rock formation collapsed at a tourist site in Turkey's historical region of Cappadocia, local media is reporting. One of the rock spires, which are known as fairy chimneys,…
A rock formation collapsed near the entrance to an open-air museum in Cappadocia on Thursday, killing two people and injuring five. Nevşehir provincial Governor Hüseyin Kök said the victims' bodies had been recovered from under the rubble as crews kept…
ANKARA — At least two people were killed and five others were injured on Thursday when rocks broke off a volcanic rock formation in Turkey’s popular tourism destination of Cappadocia, which is known for its cave dwellings. Emergency and rescue teams…
This, according to Iraq's culture ministry, is the one-time home of English mystery novelist Agatha Christie, on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad. Fittingly, the abandoned house has its own mystery: why it's been left to decay over…
LONDON: Rescue teams in the Syrian Arab Republic helped 15 people and evacuated about 375 families from flooded displacement camps after heavy rain and flash floods swept across six provinces, the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management said Thursday. The floods damaged…
Fortress dating to the time of the biblical Judges reopens in Judean Lowlands following joint restoration project. 3,200-year-old fortress from biblical era reopens to public
As the 103rd anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye approaches, it is worth revisiting the place of republican ideas in Ottoman political thought. Although the empire remained a mo... Beyond the monarchy: Ottoman encounter with republican ideas Centuries before the Republic…
As I explained in a previous post, during my travel in Syria in November 2008, I had the opportunity to visit an interesting museum: the “Tishreen War Panorama Museum”, in Damascus. The Museum was... As I explained in a previous post,…
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