During excavations at the Hilla archaeological site in southern Bahrain, archaeologists uncovered a roughly 3,300-year-old ...

While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions ...

Berlin-based M-Appeal will handle world sales on Joaquín’s del Paso’s “The Garden We Dreamed,” a lyrical portrait of family ...

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Dr. Ellery Frahm and his colleagues analyzed two ...

Soar over the diverse coastlines of the Persian Gulf, where turquoise waters meet golden deserts, bustling ports, and ...

In recent years, a quiet yet profound competition has been unfolding among the countries of the Persian Gulf – this time over data, not oil. China has been quietly yet systematically sowing the seeds ...

The Middle East has thrown out the old rulebook. Gone are the days of rigid alliances and permanent enemies. In their place, the wealthy Gulf states — led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar — are taking a new ...

Mention the Garden of Eden to a group of friends and you are likely to get as many suggestions on its true location as people you ask, plus a fair number who will deny that it was ever a real place at ...

Often unnoticed amidst Adam and Eve’s misadventures in the Garden of Eden is a curious topographical detail. Genesis’ second chapter devotes five verses to a river that emerges from humanity’s ...

The Garden of Eden was more than a paradise—it was the place where God walked with humanity before sin entered the world. This article unpacks Eden’s biblical meaning, its role in Genesis, and how it ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Some of the most enduring ancient myths in the Persian world were centred around gardens of almost unimaginable beauty and opulence.