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

Egypt unveils more than 40 ancient mummies from Ptolemaic period

The oldest monument on the planet: Now Gobeklitepe gets ready to welcome millions

The write stuff: Ancient Arabic scripts are coming back to life

Egypt cat statues, mummies discovered at site dating back 6,000 years

Egyptian archaeologists unveil new tomb of Old Kingdom priestess

Is the UAE claiming Omani traditions as its own?

Scientists discover plane-sized 'void' inside Great Pyramid

Listening to Istanbul: Preserving its past and present through sound

'Tsunami-sunk' Roman ruins discovered in Tunisia

Archaeologists uncover rare 1,500-year-old mosaic in Jerusalem

Mali militant found liable for $3.2m damage to Sufi shrines

17 mummies discovered in central Egypt: Ministry