During the New Year celebration Nowruz, Iranians chose their old traditions, while the regime imposed mourning for Imam Ali.

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...

India, a land of ancient grandeur, has witnessed the rise and fall of powerful kingdoms, leaving behind echoes of their ...

I've worked for The Associated Press as a photographer since 1999. A lot of what I cover involves either Iran's government or its ...

Now, following nearly five decades of excavation and 16 years of painstaking restoration, visitors can enter the Royal Palace ...

The Palace Museum in Beijing, which was called the Forbidden City, is an important repository of China's 5,000-year-old ...

It is a scene of utter joy, a testament to God’s mercy and the power of Esther’s courage. But inside the palace, it is ...

It holds your hands through the foundation of Rome, with excessive concern dedicated to the Aeneid, to the rise of the ...

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Purim commemorates a close Jewish brush with genocide in ancient Persia. As read from a scroll called a Megillah, it is a tale of palace intrigue, including the wily Jewish courtier Mordecai and ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence of diaspora Jewish communities throughout history and the world.

But the European island best known for its beach holidays is also home to an array of ancient palaces. However, Crete’s plethora of historical sites and four UNESCO world heritage locations ...