Heritage

Egyptian architects win competition to restore Mosul mosque

A team of Egyptian architects has won a competition to reconstruct the Grand al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul, which was severely damaged during the fight to liberate the city from Islamic State fighters.

In pictures: One Syrian’s attempt to preserve the memory of Palmyra

Art and photography

In pictures: Impressions of a lost world in pre-independence Algeria

The British cemetery home to Middle East poets, politicians and princes

Great Pyramid relic found in cigar box at university in Scotland

Palestine State

Israel plans to expand settlement cutting off Jerusalem from West Bank towns

Egypt discovers 100 intact sarcophagi in largest find of 2020

Egypt: Anger at loan of Islamic artefacts to Saudi Arabia for two years

Athens's first mosque since the 19th century is 'a dream come true'

In pictures: Pomegranate festival returns to Syria’s Idlib

Egypt to develop city of Saint Catherine, with an eye on faith tourists

Israeli museum postpones auction of rare Middle Eastern artifacts after outrage

Iraq's heritage sites suffer renewed wave of looting amid pandemic

In pictures: Inside the Marrakech palace built by a former slave

In pictures: Inside the home of the last Ottoman Bey of Constantine

Egypt discovers 14 ancient coffins at Saqqara

Ten places to visit in Jordan from the comfort of your own home

Ancient boardgames: Experts find the missing piece (but can't figure out how to play)

In pictures: Gold-hunters scour Sudan's ancient sites

Massive fire tears through historic Durban mosque in South Africa

In pictures: Kuwait's Failaka Island, treasures, and ghosts of history