Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of ...
Art is a space where conversations collide in Maryam Yousif’s whimsical, cheeky and thoughtful three-dimensional ...
Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.
The tablet could predate the earliest known evidence of writing in the Caucasus region by over a thousand years, hinting at a ...
Natufian spindle whorls from 12,000 years ago represent the earliest fast-spinning technology in the Levant, shedding light ...
Researchers from University of Glasgow have found origins of early governing institutions in Mesopotamia, which were based on ...
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, ...
During these centuries, a common, unspoken language of symbols often reflected the region's shifting geopolitics, allegiances ...
An analysis of ancient cuneiform texts suggests people thought of emotions in a different way almost 3000 years ago, showing ...
Artefacts from a Mesopotamian archaeological site suggest that people in the region founded and later rejected an early form ...
Among these digitized artifacts of the Oxford University museum is a fascinating piece that has intrigued scholars and ...
Researchers Decipher Writings on 4000-Year-Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablets, Say The Messages Predicted 'Danger' Researchers have deciphered the inscription on a set of four clay tablets they ...