Cleopatra was a brilliant intellectual shaped by Alexandria, where her Greek education forged her philosophy, science, and ...

Over a century after its discovery, King Tutankhamun’s 3,300-year-old tomb in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings faces its greatest ...

On Monday evening, the BBC aired two interviews with Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah as part of a documentary titled "The King of Jordan and the Children of Gaza", which ...

King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.

When Rome declared war on Egypt, Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony rallied foreign kings and launched their fleet in Greece, but on September 2, 31 BC they were decisively defeated at the Battle of Actium ...

Nobody knows how to get under your skin quite like a sibling does. For many, these squabbles typically never amount to ...

Queen Letizia of Spain visited on Thursday the Sultan Foundation’s cultural centre in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead (Ciudad de los Muertos), exploring Islamic Cairo’s heritage, meeting local ...

Abdullah says Amman 'too close' to the conflict to send troops, but that Qatar and Egypt are 'very optimistic' Hamas will ...

COMMENTARY: Once barred from Oxford for his faith, the English convert who preached of a ‘second spring’ now joins the ranks ...

Paul McCartney revealed that one of the world’s biggest stars inspired one of his best songs, proving even legends find ...

In the 14th century, there was a word whose mere pronunciation provoked terror: plague. Although it was not a pandemic ...

Sirikit, the former queen of Thailand and the widow of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose portraits appeared together for decades ...