Map shows the Levant region (shaded in orange), which is the western part of the overall Fertile Crescent region (shaded in yellow); the study areas in Israel and Crete are in dashed gray boxes.

By the 10th century, Italian-made portolans supplied detailed directions, distances, depths, and coastal descriptions, and by the 13th century, sea maps with scale and bearings began to appear.

The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time ...

Given that Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz have done an exceptional job explaining why UNRWA should be disbanded – and their ...

We passed some of the city’s Roman ruins, and for a moment, I felt as if I’d been transported into one of the Orientalist ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 48% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSE to S at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 50 °F (10 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 57 °F (13.9 °C) and a ...

The energy spills over into the sidewalk, where some begin performing a Levantine folk dance known as dabke ... of ...

Since the Mexico City restaurant Contramar turned a classic fish dish into a go-to entree, versions have popped up from ...

He’s ready to serve duck confit topped with mashed potatoes for a classic hachis Parmentier de canard, and seared sea scallops in the ... putting Tuscany on the map. Il Cantinori is still ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C). Winds W at 7 mph (11.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Mostly sunny ...