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/PRNewswire/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has been awarded a $355,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (AVDF). The grant...

The Stone Eye Idols found in the Ancient City of Petra pointed to the exalted status of women in Nabatean society; based on the relics found.

One of the oldest board games known in history was found in the Ayn Bani Sa'dah in the Qumayrah Valley from the Bronze Age settlement that had similarities to the Royal Game of Ur, with rules played like backgammon in present times.