A recent study involving several pieces of research has revealed that our beloved domestic cat may have originated in Tunisia ...

Two groundbreaking studies challenge the traditional timeline of cat domestication, highlighting the pivotal influence of religious worship.

As tourism continues to break records worldwide in 2023, with popular destinations like Italy, Spain, and France swamped by ...

On track to create a World Record for the fastest person to visit every country on Earth, Michael Zervos has travelled to ...

A new study reveals that the Carthaginians, famed for their Mediterranean empire and wars with Rome, had little genetic ...

However, Phoenician burial customs changed in the seventh century B.C. when they began to bury the deceased. According to a ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

Shayndi Raice is The Wall Street Journal's deputy bureau chief for the Middle East and North Africa based in Israel. She serves in a player/coach role where she helps manage the Journal’s team ...

Discover a city where North African charm meets Mediterranean ease. Often overshadowed by its fashionable neighbours, it is ...

A new DNA study reveals that ancient Carthaginians had diverse ancestry and were not primarily descended from Phoenician ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...