Excavations conducted at the ancient site of Shakhi Kora in northern Iraq, as part of the Sirwan Regional Project, have revealed that the inhabitants of the settlement adopted centralized governing ...
Hellenic travelers compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, showcasing architectural marvels from ancient ...
The bowl-shaped outflow water clock, or clepsydra (“water thief”) is the simplest form of such clocks; they are known to have existed in Babylon and in ... of timepieces in ancient Greece — ultimately ...
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 ...
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Ancient Greco-Roman ruins at Darazya near El Alamein are revealing new insights into the history of Egypt's northern coast, ...
“The DNA analysis provides an unparalleled glimpse into the biodiversity of an ancient Assyrian community,” he said, ...
Researchers have been carefully excavating the artifacts and decorative reliefs found at the 2,100-year-old site in the ...
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 ...
The Ashmolean Museum houses the second-largest collection of cuneiform tablets in the UK and includes this tablet, one of ...
Learn why the achievements of Egypt, Babylon and Greece, though child’s play today, still stand as remarkable feats of ...