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 ...
Artefacts from a Mesopotamian archaeological site suggest that people in the region founded and later rejected an early form ...
Although archeologists have yet to precisely date the tablet, related items including pottery shards and a stone mortar also ...
San Casciano dei Bagni in Tuscany has revealed extraordinary archaeological finds, including bronze statues, coins, 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 ...
A 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Sumer reveals a student's math error on a triangle's area, marking a ...
New scientific methods have allowed archaeologists to learn more about how the enigmatic Nebra Sky Disc was manufactured in ...
It’s pretty clear from Josephus and from the archaeology' that gladiators fought in Caesarea, says NYU professor; Israeli ...
The discovery opened up a link with the ancient Indian civilisation and Sumerian culture of Mesopotamia some five thousand ..
But many have occupied themselves with questions about the role of Jews in ancient Rome’s famous bloodsport ... has argued ...
Tommy Driskill in the ancient city of Babylon. A trip to Iraq had been long on his radar ... Kurdistan region in the north — ...