Ancient

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.

Most eco-conscious women and men know that diamonds and luxury goods are passe. They waste resources, cost money and create heartache for those that don't have.  Make a ring that will create a lifetime of sustainable joy.

The Nesher Ramla Homo type was an ancestor of both the Neanderthals in Europe and the archaic Homo populations of Asia

Disney makes genies sound like fun and games but genies, or jinns, in the Middle East are serious business. Especially if one has moved into your house and won't leave the couch.

“The color immediately attracted our attention, but we found it hard to believe," one of the archeologists said.