Archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam discovered the tablet in 1882 in Sippar, an ancient Babylonian city in present-day Iraq ... The tiny tablet has cuneiform on both sides and a map of sorts etched into it.

UNESCO told Newsweek it "is gravely concerned about the threats posed by the conflict to the region's rich cultural heritage.

In ancient China, the explanation of the cosmos came from a mix of night-sky observations and religious and philosophical ideas. Some of the oldest star maps and earliest known records of sunspots ...

He lived in Miletus, a city in Ionia, and belonged to the ... Strabo viewed both as the first geographers after Homer. Other maps had been produced in ancient times, notably in Egypt, Lydia, the ...

A small clay tablet from the site of Kish in Iraq reveals a student calculated the area of a triangle incorrectly 4,000 years ...

Use the HE-1 for explosive fun and easy kills, especially on the Babylon map. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's multiplayer mode is a refreshing break from the feel of the prior two entries. The faster ...

Carefully examining it with gloved hands, she explained how 3,500 years ago, a student in the ancient city of Nippur ... “Back to School in Babylonia.” The exhibit explored how students in Nippur, a ...

This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city, with twisting alleyways ... which are housed within an ancient Babylonian fortress. You'll also find significant Jewish and ...

Sunny with a high of 41 °F (5 °C). Winds variable at 9 to 12 mph (14.5 to 19.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from NW to WNW at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 30 °F (-1.1 ...