On the foundations of a Bedouin well, a British site for colonial control and surveillance eventually became Al Jafr prison. The site indicates that o...

Full open-access volume Rural Transitions in Mongolia and Central Asia: Pastoralism, Wellbeing and Economic Relations (2026), edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki.

Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja is a small community of about 135 families – and the only one remaining in this part of the Jordan valley

Podcast-Folge · Nomads, Past and Present · 27.10.2025 · 1 Std. 4 Min.

What is the Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries The Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries is an online database featuring more than a thousand historical and extant Buddhist sites in the Mongol…

Stand with us to defend the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities. These agencies are the primary source

From a very young age I was drawn to the world of fiction. Every day my grandfather would walk me home from nursery and tell me a story as we walked along the lifeless streets. I wish I could remem…

Their unusual story began about a hundred years ago. Now, as they head to the high north, an ambitious new chapter is being written.

“I’m pleased to be on this side of the border. To be free and not persecuted. To speak the truth openly and not be afraid.” Andrey Danilov promises to continue defending the rights of the indigenous p...

This article discusses the infrastructure of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in the interwar British Mandatory Middle East as belonging to a larger British imperial project for “desert control” th...

Deserts and drylands encompass 40% of the globe and shelter two billion people. Arid regions are the birthplace of world religions, empires, and…