The British design studio of Thomas Heatherwick's is designing the new Jeddah Central Museum in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to be located in a former desalination plant by the Red Sea.
The secrets of ancient Pharaohs and Egyptians still have the power to astonish: a new research paper chronicles the discovery of 2,500 year crocodile mummies, preserved in a ritual dating back to the time of Sobek, a fertility deity worshipped by ancient Egyptians.
Researchers have just confirmed what fishing together means for Brazilians and dolphins. They studied a centuries-old practice of dolphins and people fishing together in southern Brazil and learn it’s a symbiotic relationship which is now under threat. The researchers report how bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus) find schools of fish and herd them to the […]
Ostriches were common in the area from the early prehistoric periods until they became extinct in the wild in the course of the 19th century.
The new study on ancient concrete shows that while ancients didn't know exactly why the concrete they used worked chemically, even though it was a recipe they perfected, it may be a recipe for reducing climate change.
CT scans help researchers "unwrap" the face of Ramses II without disturbing the mummy in any way. This is his face at 45. He was the man who met Moses.
Luxury tenting, known as glamping, in Jebel Hafit, UAE
It’s not unusual for an intrepid foreign explorer to uncover hidden gems in Lebanon.
Found at Tel Yehud, it is the oldest source of hallucinogen use in history to date.
Locals learn to preserve mosaics in the Middle East.
A luxurious estate and a rare rural mosque – among the earliest known worldwide (over 1200 years old) - was recently discovered outside the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev Desert, Israel.
The Sunimplant team developed a concept for the preservation of the environment and cultural heritage in the rural region of the High Rif in north of Morocco.
Learn from the Holy Land how ancient people engineered water.
When you go deep into a desert, whether it's Iran or Sinai, it has a similar effect of being in a forest. The stark nature of the planet holds you. Deserts may offer less distractions in your peripheral vision but the clouds and sand come to life as you feel yourself expanding within the expanse.
Finding bones at an archeology site reveals the kind of animals our human ancestors would eat. But plants? Remains in the kitchens and pots of our ancients and their plant matter is much more elusive because plant remains disintegrate over time.