An archaeologist using Google Earth has spotted the traces of three Roman military camps in the southern Jordanian desert, prompting a rethink of the region's history.

Animal and human remains were excavated from a mustatil, an ancient desert monument believed to have been used for ritual practices in Saudi Arabia.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple at the heart of the ancient city of Girsu, in southeastern Iraq.

For the first time ever, researchers have created a facial approximation of a woman from the Nabataean civilization.

Two ancient clay tablets from Iraq contain details of a "lost" Canaanite language.

The ancient marble reliefs chiseled into Mashki Gate date back to the Assyrian empire.

Archaeologists in Syria have discovered a stunning mosaic featuring depictions of the Trojan War, Hercules and Neptune dating to the fourth century A.D.

The identity of an unknown god described in ancient texts from Palmyra has been deciphered, though not everyone agrees with the assessment.

A 2,550-year-old inscription, written in the name of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, has been discovered carved on basalt stone in northern Saudi Arabia.