After five centuries of brilliance, the Abbasid Caliphate met its end in 1258, when Mongol armies stormed Baghdad. The city ...

The coins date to the Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled 1,100 years ago during the Golden Age of Islam. A cache of ancient golden coins was found buried in a clay jar in Israel. Photo by Yoli Shwartz, ...

Emperor, was loaded. He sent a bunch of expensive gifts to the Abbasid Caliph, and his own throne was solid gold with golden ...

The coins were discovered buried in a clay jar and date back over a thousand years, to the Abbasid Caliphate. Gold coins dating to the Abbasid Caliphate in Tel Aviv on August 1. HEIDI LEVINE/POOL/AFP ...

Two volunteers found a cache of 425 gold coins that date back to the ninth century A.D. Israel Antiquities Authority Last week, two teenagers volunteering at an archaeological dig in central Israel ...

AlUla cultural tourism is flourishing, with the ancient oasis city in Saudi Arabia recently securing three prestigious World ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...