The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

We often take written language for granted– whether it’s texting, reading a book, or scrolling through social media, it’s a part of everyday life. But imagine a time when there were no books, no ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

And so it goes, the cycle of exile and remembrance, uprooting and rerooting. With the Passover holiday, those free can celebrate their freedom, and those who are rooted, their rootedness. Yet at the ...

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ...

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

Nestled between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in what is modern-day Iraq ... any of Europe's most ancient breweries came to be). Sumerians were notable for their art and architecture, language ...

mistaken by ISIS for Islamic art. “Even when they tried to erase us, God left us a reminder of life.” Across the Nineveh Plains, the destruction is overwhelming. In Qaraqosh, once Iraq’s ...

Poetry reading at Inglewood Junior School, Carlisle, in 1996 (Image: The Cumberland News Photographic) Another ancient poem, The Love Song for Shu-Sin, dating from around 2000 BC, is considered the ...

Since the advent of geobrowser Google Earth, a number of strange and mysterious things around the globe are visible.