Study of tooth enamel reveals that the Sumerians did not eat fish despite living by the sea, challenging what we thought ...

In the figure of Enheduanna, we see a powerful figure of great creativity, whose passionate praise of the goddess of love ...

To understand how we started counting, and still count today, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, though, we need to wind the clock back to an era before the dawn of ...

Objects that were believed to have some form of magic effect are part of an exhibition exploring how ancient cultures tried to change the world around them ...

Wondering which country is known as the Cradle of Civilization? Learn about Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, and the historical ...

Believe it or not, the oldest brewery in the U.S. has been around since the pre-Prohibition era, but it only began expanding ...

Rampur Raza Library is collaborating with the International Ramkatha Museum to share rare 17th-century Persian manuscripts of the Ramayan. Noteworthy works include translations by Mullah Masih ...

The Sumerians created one of the world’s earliest civilizations, building cities, developing writing, and shaping the history of Mesopotamia. Yet one major question remains: where did the Sumerians ...

The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

The Great Ziggurat of Ur rose above one of Mesopotamia’s most powerful cities, a major center of trade, religion, and royal ...

Current evidence suggests that humans had the capacity for spoken language at least 130,000 years ago. Ever the ...