Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered a stunning collection of 100 gold jewelry pieces dating back over 1,100 years to the Abbasid era. Discovered at the ancient site of Dariyah in the ...

It’s easy to understand why the battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate’s Arab-Persian army and the Chinese army is often said to be one of the most important battles in Central Asian ...

CENTRAL ISRAEL: Israeli youths have unearthed hundreds of gold coins stashed away in a clay vessel for more than a thousand years. The treasure was discovered on Aug 18, the Israel Antiquities ...

WHY should anyone so much as glance at this academic, albeit fairly abbreviated, history of a religious-political entity which ceased to exist hundreds of years ago? That’s a question addressed by ...