Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A legal battle over ancient Persian artifacts has the Iranian government asking for Washington to intervene and the University of Chicago defending the Islamic regime in court. At ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is displaying hundreds of ancient and Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years and all of them recently brought back home from museums and collections in ...

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, located on the west coast of the United Arab Emirates. This area contains traces ...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.