Some nations are brand new, while others have been around for centuries, carrying with them rich histories and legacies. But what truly defines an "old" country, and which one can claim the title of ...

An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide—but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study of hundreds of ancient human genomes ...

Amr Al-Azm, a professor of Middle Eastern history and anthropology at Shawnee State University in Ohio and a former antiquities official in Syria, said the country’s new authorities lacked the ...

An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide — but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study 1 of hundreds of ancient human genomes.