Ancient

When wandering in the streets and piazzas of Rome, it is always a surprise to encounter Egyptian obelisks and Pharaonic monuments, reminders of the...

Here at Green Prophet we support the use of cannabis as an alternative medicine. Cannabidiol, one of the molecules of cannabis, tends to be...

Though we might want to add any kind of agriculture performed more than 100 years ago to the list worth protecting, we'll take what...

You can get thrown in jail in Saudi Arabia for making out on the beach, but with its new leader's mission to modernize the...

The Australian government is investigating the case of a 95-year-old Perth woman accused of looting artefacts from Middle Eastern countries including Egypt.  Joan Howard...

The oldest evidence of food storage rituals has been found by researchers from the University of Haifa and the German Archaeological Institute  in Berlin...

The design team of Henkin Irit and Shavit Zohar have converted a centuries-old building in Safed into a thoroughly modern home, strategically introducing new...

A diving club struck gold on a recent expedition off the Mediterranean city of Caesarea, finding a priceless trove of coins dating back more...

But the story inside this story is that anyone with a full wallet can buy a full dinosaur (or downgrade to specific bones, teeth, or fossil imprints).

Refrigeration is perhaps one of the greatest inventions of modern man, but it has come at a price. Not only do they require a...

In an interview with  local treehugger Oded Yaffe, who takes care of sick and injured trees all over Israel,  he told us at Green Prophet that he saw this sad news on TV and says that "whoever did this thing is really crazy, and can just as much kill someone on the road in a 'hit and run' incident."

Petra's pink city was built by water smart Nabateans. Ancient Jewish prayers still recited today include special mention of dew in the summer and rain...

Palmaculture is a new name for an old concept – one which helped green the Middle East with traditional palm gardens called bustans For centuries...

When we think of Kuwait, not only do we have a hard time getting past the young hunter who killed a wolf and then posed for a series of family shots, but we also envision an unforgivable industrial landscape pocked with oil drilling platforms and desalination plants. While not entirely inaccurate, present day Kuwait belies a fertile past. Educators are hoping to reinvigorate "the Cradle of Civilization" with a new green roofed school designed by Perkins + Will that promotes hands-on agricultural learning.

How do the Syrian beehive-shaped houses made out of mud manage to stay so cool in extreme desert conditions?