Brushing away layers of soot and dust, archaeologist Hanin Al-Amassi examines the brittle pages of a manuscript carrying the weight of Gaza's history. The item once sat in the Omari Mosque, one of ...

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Shocking new photos from the deadly Kentucky UPS plane crash reveal the moment one engine of the Boeing erupted into flames during takeoff. The MD-11 jet could be seen falling to pieces on the runway ...

When fighters connected to al-Qaeda took over Timbuktu 13 years ago, local families and the staff of the Malian city’s Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research rescued tens of ...

As 2025 inches towards its end, National Geographic is celebrating the year by dropping its annual Pictures of the Year 2025, “highlighting the images that most inspired and defined the past year ...

Nintendo has just released the first set photos showing its The Legend of Zelda live-action movie stars in action. The images, posted to the Nintendo Today app, are our first official glimpse at Bo ...

In a room at the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu, staff photograph and scan fragile manuscripts, page by page. These texts, some dating back hundreds of years, contain knowledge that scholars say ...

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the find near Tel Megiddo on Nov. 5. The excavation was carried out alongside the construction of Highway 66 in the Jezreel Valley. Tel Megiddo is ...

Ritual artifacts belonging to the Canaanites, an ancient people referenced in the Old Testament, were recently found in Israel — along with a 5,000-year-old winepress. The Israel Antiquities Authority ...

A group of excavators recently uncovered the first-ever Assyrian inscription found in Jerusalem — shedding light on ancient power struggles described in the Bible. The inscription, which was carved on ...