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

Case closed: Mystery behind Egyptian mummy's death unveiled

Cats, lion cub mummies feature in huge ancient Egypt find

British Museum set to return ancient Greek statue looted from Libya

This olive tree in Bethlehem has stood for 5,000 years - and this man is defending it

In pictures: Thirty ancient coffins discovered in Egypt

Who reached America first – Columbus or the Phoenicians?

This 12,000-year-old town could soon be under water

Kissing in Babylon: The ancient site giving young Iraqis their freedom

Mystery of the stones: How Lebanon’s Baalbek ruins are a site for the gods

Tutankhamen head sells for $6m at London auction despite Egypt's ire

In pictures: How Iran's mosques have shaped its cities

Cold War and ancient cities: How US spy planes revealed the history of the Middle East