Margot Robbie recently poured one out for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon and wondered if it could go down as a cult classic. We ...

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, ...

Hellenic travelers compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, showcasing architectural marvels from ancient ...

A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's 4,000-year-old ...

Researchers Decipher Writings on 4000-Year-Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablets, Say The Messages Predicted 'Danger' Researchers ...

Eelam is mentioned in the very oldest Babylonian inscriptions. Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon ...

They can be added to stews, spread on toast, used to make a range of dips. Which nuts make the best butters, and what should you watch out for? Take a look.

Two years after protests against Iran’s strict dress codes rocked the nation, a new “chastity and hijab” law was passed this week by Iran’s hardline parliament and approved by the Guardian Council, ...

Electrifying performances by Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries, a solid ensemble cast, and great music too – a stone-cold ...

To define cultural heritage, Ratzlaff took a global perspective, discussing the tangible, intangible, movable and immovable.

Najaf is an ancient town. It was historically part of the Babylonian civilisation of Mesopotamia. It is said that many ...

As its name indicates, the Spanish Cape of Finisterre (finis terrae) was considered in Antiquity as the westernmost limit of ...