UNESCO reaffirmed its commitment to continuing its collaboration with the Governorate of Socotra, the Socotri Language Center ...

Many assumed Iran is an Arab country due to geography and religion, but the truth is rooted in a 2,500-year-old Persian ...

Archaeologists have discovered a centuries-old document that provides the first contemporary evidence Nubian King Qashqash ...

Buried in the deserts of the Near East, Egypt, and Central Asia, ancient libraries with troves of knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered.

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear how a speech by Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, in 1972, caused a break down in ...