On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey's ...

Young wrestlers compete during the 664th annual Historic Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling championship, in Edirne, northwestern Turkey. A young wrestler is doused in oil before the bout.

Burly wrestlers wearing studded black leather pants and glistening with olive oil grappled for hours in the sun on a grassy field in Turkey’s northwestern city of Edirne over the weekend. (AP video ...

On a grass field glistening with olive oil and rich in centuries-old tradition, boys as young as 11 grappled their way into ...

Morocco and Iran have shared a complex relationship shaped by intellectual exchange, Sufi influence, and failed diplomatic ...

Such exchange is the locus of the Frist Art Museum’s summer show Venice and the Ottoman Empire, a traveling exhibition of ...

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Dating from around the mid-14th century, during the reign of King Magnus Eriksson, Örebro Castle’s exact age isn’t known, and like many medieval castles, it was added onto over the centuries.

The Virgin and Child mosaic, 9th century BC, Hagia Sophia. The mosaic is located in the apse semi-dome of Hagia Sophia. In the mosaic, Mary is enthroned, and she puts her right hand on the shoulder of ...