New archaeological evidence reveals the Maghreb as a significant center of human occupation during the Bronze Age.

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Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

I first created “THEN & NOW” 30 years (and three newspapers) ago to offer bite-sized, tempting morsels of history. But this ...

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The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting ...

As a TA weekend warrior, Owain Mulligan didn’t expect to be deployed but, as he says in his first interview, funny things ...

The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a ...

Navy SEAL mission in Iraq, comes to life in 'Warfare,' the new collaboration between Alex Garland and military veteran Ray ...

Witnesses and officials in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk say a man with an axe has attacked a new year parade by Assyrian ...

If you like looking at old maps, then you'll love a new exhibition that's recently opened in the City of London, showing a ...

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2006. While you and I were circling the mall ...