Gadara, located some 120 km northwest of Amman (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars.

Drawing inspiration directly from her own personal heritage, Maira’s art is directly impacted by the prodigious legacy left behind by her own family and the tragedy that lies behind the fall of great ...

Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They oversaw an era of Islamic military dominance... city-building… brilliant scholarship, and technological ...

The architect Frida Escobedo has drawn on her Mexican heritage in reimagining the galleries for Modern and contemporary art. By Robin Pogrebin The art collective behind teamLab, which started in ...

Image Credit: Supplied Other treasured historical items include a wooden stethoscope used to monitor the condition of unborn babies, an Abbasid lamp – one of only a few surviving bronze lamps ...

When we think of the great empires of history, the Romans tend to steal the show. Although their empire arguably has had the greatest worldwide cultural impact, it was by no means the largest ever to ...

Travel back through 3,000 years of Egyptian history and come face-to-face with the Statues of Ramesses II and Amenhotep III. The objects in the Egyptian sculpture gallery represent three millennia of ...

as museumgoers look on through a glass barrier Sonja Anderson At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport visitors ...