A magnificent sculpted golden comb made by a Greek sculptor is one of the great treasures of the Hermitage Museum ...

Vagrant spirits—according to steppe nomads—that haunt the incessant ... The Registan is the square in the heart of the ancient Silk Road hub of Samarqand, now a World Heritage site in Uzbekistan.

The aim was to survey and map the largely archaeologically unexplored area of Jebel Bishri that is known as the mountain of the Amorites and Arameans in the ancient cuneiform sources. Based on the ...