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

Echoes of al-Andalus: The Portuguese town celebrating its forgotten Islamic past

Stolen treasure: How Iraq is hunting for ancient relics looted from its museums

The hidden Islamic history of Madrid revealed

The heritage of Notre Dame – less European than people think

Diana Darke

Egypt unveils Fifth Dynasty tomb adorned with colourful reliefs

Inside the medieval castle that survived a 21st century war

Lost words: Turkey's disappearing languages

Egypt rescues 2,000-year old catacombs from rising water

Medieval robots: How al-Jazari's mechanical marvels have been resurrected in Istanbul

In pictures: Boy king Tutankhamun revealed to the public again

'The Rose of Baghdad': Lamia al-Gailani-Werr, defender of Iraq's heritage

Oman's lost heritage: The ruins of Salalah's old waterfront