Heritage

'The mentality is changing': The awakening of Algeria's tourism industry

Algeria is dispelling its reputation for isolation as the government takes steps to position the North African country as a major tourist destination

‘In Oran, people live’: Algeria’s second-largest city improves its image

War in Sudan is ravaging its rich history

Israel's war on Gaza

Israel has destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memories of them

Mohammed Mourtaja

Uzbek embroidery: How needle and thread has defied dictators and factories

'The last stop of Europe': In a remote Greek port, live like a pasha in an Ottoman palace

Namesake: Reflections on Nusaiba, a warrior woman of early Islam

Abdulhamid II: An autocrat, reformer and the last stand of the Ottoman Empire

Ghosts of Thessaloniki: How a quest for a table revealed much about a city's multilayered past

US to formally return looted Gilgamesh Dream Tablet to Iraq

Statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian found in southwestern Turkey

African-American Islam: The untold stories of Black Muslim women

Turkey: Five Roman heritage sites you should know about

Ancient Egyptian death rituals: How they guided pharaohs through the afterlife

Remains of Jordanian soldier uncovered from 1967 Middle East war

Learn to read and write in Nubian

Quiz: How many of these religious sites in the Middle East do you know?

The ghostbuster of Jerusalem: Meet the Palestinian man tracking down ghouls and jinn

Palestinian Museum unveils trove of historic dresses and cultural artefacts

Ancient high-rises, prehistoric whales and other incredible sites to see in the Middle East

How Yemen’s Marib became the frontier for Roman expansionism