Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of ...
Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.
A study conducted by Dr. Azriel Yechezkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his colleagues from the Hebrew University ...
The settlement— known as Dur-Sharrukin —is located at the site of present-day Khorsabad, a village in northern Iraq. It was ...
What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle When it was made: Second century A.D.
Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held ... In the premises of another Vishnu temple at Moolai were discovered some ‘vestiges of ancient remains of ...
Researchers from University of Glasgow have found origins of early governing institutions in Mesopotamia, which were based on ...
Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across ...
Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...
In the shadow of the Nile's timeless flow, a hidden marvel has emerged from the sands of Athribis, whispering secrets of a ...
Artefacts from a Mesopotamian archaeological site suggest that people in the region founded and later rejected an early form ...
I’ve always wanted to write about that city, because this is the city that truly inspired me to become an architect,” she ...