Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...

The teenagers’ skeletons were unearthed at the cemetery of Basur Höyük where researchers previously uncovered evidence of “grand funerary rituals” and the burial of “spectacular” quantities of ...

An Honorary Fellow at Oxford University's Wolfson College, Moudhy has spent much of her career translating the stories of the ...

Seco is a trick to make even the toughest meat yield, to coax lusciousness out of less-than-perfect ingredients. Submerged in ...

This week, the Carbondale Clay Center celebrates over 30 artists who have played a pivotal role in the center’s development ...

Awarded annually by Davenport schools' Scholarship Selection Committee and the Quad Cities Community Foundation ... That's right, bartering — a moneyless exchange of goods dating back to Mesopotamian ...

Kuwait offers a fascinating blend of ancient history and modern development, with historical attractions that provide a ...

As the moon dances between the sun and Earth, a celestial spectacle awaits - imagine the sky painted with 'devil's horns' or ...

At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, the world ...

The visual transformation of the river is already apparent. Once known for its shimmering blue waters, the Tigris has taken ...