Smithsonian Magazine6d
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Researchers uncover 2,100-year-old mass grave of dismembered Han soldiers in southern Mongolia
"Dismemberment was considered in Han culture the most humiliating way to die. Execution by dismemberment was the most ...
oedigital.com14d
Nigerian JV Makes ‘Significant’ Hydrocarbon Discovery at Songhai Field
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and its joint venture (JV) partner FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company (FIRST E&P) have confirmed a significant hydrocarbon discovery in ...
Greek Reporter14d
The Black Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
The 25th Dynasty, also known as the Nubian Dynasty, or Black Pharaohs, ruled Egypt between 744 BC and 656 BC as part of the wider Kushite Empire. The 25th Dynasty ... cultural and political connection ...
Wall Street Journal16d
The Ancient Horsemen Who Created the Modern World
For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...
Arise17d
NNPC, FIRST E&P Announce Major Hydrocarbon Discovery in Songhai Field
NNPC and FIRST E&P have confirmed major hydrocarbon discovery in Songhai Field, OML 85, boosting Nigeria’s oil production potential. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC)) and FIRST ...
The Guardian Nigeria17d
NNPC/FIRST E&P JV Discovers Oil in OML 85 Songhai Field
The success at Songhai Field underscores the effectiveness of our exploration strategy and our commitment to delivering sustainable value to all stakeholders,” Owolabi stated. NNPC Limited as ...
Yahoo18d
Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals
This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) Advertisement ...
WGNO19d
This ancient version of soccer has a rule against murder — and it’s still played
ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside ...
Archaeologists Uncovered the Oldest Section of the Great Wall of China Yet
The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the Great ...
Greek Reporter24d
The Ancient Road That Connected Rome With Byzantium
The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected ... when Emperor Constantine renamed the city after himself and pronounced Constantinople the capital of the Roman Empire. Civic ...