Claims that sharia law threatens Britain’s legal system ignore the country’s history of accommodating multiple legal ...

Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...

Saudi Arabia is set to transform the area around Islam’s largest and holiest site with a new project in Mecca designed to ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Once a crucial caravan stop on the Silk Road, Khiva is one of Central Asia’s best-preserved medieval settlements. The Uzbek ...

The Norse sagas contain a surprising number of negative perceptions about Muslims. “It was a form of propaganda to garner ...

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The bearded vulture, a large bird of prey with an unusual diet consisting primarily of bones, has long fascinated ornithologists. But now, a new study has shown why the bone-eating birds could be even ...

(Image credit: Katarzyna Alagierska) Archaeologists have uncovered part of a cemetery, including 1,000-year-old human skeletons, near the remains of a fortified medieval settlement in the village of ...

Vultures are not known for their museum conservation skills, but perhaps that ought to change. Scientists have discovered an unlikely record of human history deep within layers of bone debris left by ...

Centuries of science, faith and artistry converged at the 'Golden Ink: A Journey through Arabic and Islamic Manuscripts' exhibition in Abu Dhabi, offering visitors an intimate look at how handwritten ...