What is one to make of the bizarre plan of a teenage Singaporean to turn Coney Island into a province of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria)? Given the daunting logistical challenges of ...

Donald Trump's presidency redefined U.S. engagement with the Islamic world by elevating Gulf states as key partners. This strategy aimed to co-opt ideological leadership within Sunni Islam, countering ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a big reason to be skeptical. A pair of researchers has claimed to find ...

A group of researchers believe they may have solved the mystery of a structure near the Pyramid of Djoser. It may have been part of a hydraulic lift system. There are many theories for how the ...

A series of vicious medieval religious wars for control of the Holy Land, initiated by the Latin Christian Church following the conquest of Jerusalem by the Rashidun Caliphate, they've become a ...

Gaza came under the Rashidun caliphate, and later fell under the subsequent Damascus-based Umayyad Caliphate from 661 A.D., and later the Baghdad-based Abbasid Caliphate from 750 A.D. While Gaza ...

It dates from the time of the pharaoh Sneferu, the father of Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, who used it as a staging post for expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula in search of turquoise ...

Over recent years there has been numerous archaeological findings which are changing the way we understand how the ancient Egyptians built their pyramids. However, none of them are as impressive ...

A strange peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may actually be the largest pyramid ever built in the ancient world. Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped formation is cloaked ...