New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about how urban civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, proposing that ...
The tablets were found within a thick layer of ash from an ancient fire, suggesting they survived a catastrophic event that destroyed part of the city. According to the announcement, the inscribed ...
For 5,000 years, there has been dancing, processions, rituals and feasts. What have we celebrated, from Africa to Asia, ...
From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...
The B-list novels of Mary Shelley; I’m in the early stages of drafting a new book about Mary Shelley, so I have to read ...
Around the globe and for thousands of years, corpses have been treated with caution—lest they come back as vampiric monsters.
For 5,000 years, there has been dancing, processions, rituals and feasts. What have we celebrated, from Africa to Asia, Europe to South America? Take a look.
Art Deco became the defining style of the interwar years. But its bold glamour rested on a questionable patchwork of ...
A new study reveals that the deadliest weapon of the Bronze Age originated in the Near East around 1600 BCE before spreading ...
Historical evidence showing communication between the Assyrian Empire and the king of Judah has been discovered next to the ...
Archaeologists uncovered the first-ever Assyrian inscription from Jerusalem’s First Temple period, revealing ties to the ...
The robbers employed a portable electric ladder to break into a second-floor wing of the Paris museum that holds the French ...