Authorities in Turkey have sealed off a luxury spa set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern near Hagia Sophia ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

This building is a mosque, built where a temple once stood. Child: Oh, wow! Abdul: After the birth of Jesus, most people became Christian, and forgot the ancient Egyptian religion that inspired ...

During his working visit to Dagestan, Putin visited the Juma Mosque in Derbent. This is the most ancient mosque in Russia and one of the oldest worldwide. According to written sources, Arab ...

Buddhist monks demanded that the ancient Hantha Mosque in Taungoo be destroyed in retaliation for the destruction in Bamiyan, according to Muslim leaders. Eyewitnesses blame the violence on a ...

The Jumma Mosque is unlike any other ancient mosque and has 218 exquisitely carved stone columns that hold up a dark stone ceiling. It's cool and unusual after the other brightly tiled buildings.