He argued that these ancient civilizations were the ancestors to Europeans ... and a growing fascination with the Middle East and North Africa. The earliest looters, explorers, and amateur ...

For many years now there has been a debate about whether the ancient peoples ... occupying Africa today were the result of waves of migration from western Asia, the Middle East and the Far East.

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome ... of early civilizations in Western Asia and North ...

Egypt’s history dates back more than 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest nations on Earth. Located in the northeastern corner of Africa, Egypt’s ancient civilization thrived along the lush banks ...