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.
The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...
The settlement— known as Dur-Sharrukin —is located at the site of present-day Khorsabad, a village in northern Iraq. It was ...
By Sunday, rebels were celebrating in Syria’s capital, Damascus, and declared it free of Mr. al-Assad. Syria’s longtime ...
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 ...
As its name indicates, the Spanish Cape of Finisterre (finis terrae) was considered in Antiquity as the westernmost limit of ...
The final book in the Old Testament, the last book in the Hebrew Neviim or Prophets, is the book of Malachi. In Hebrew, the word comes from a word meaning “messenger,” which points to Malachi as a ...
Hellenic travelers compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, showcasing architectural marvels from ancient ...
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, ...
A significant archaeological discovery has been made in the ancient Egyptian city of Athribis. A colossal pylon, measuring ...