Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Researchers previously assumed that some of the graves at the site were royal burials. A new study presents a different ...

Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...

At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, the world ...

Recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, this bronze device is considered one of the most advanced technological artifacts of the ancient world. With a complex system of gears ...

The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia, with their civilization emerging around ... In the following more than 1,000 years, it achieved remarkable accomplishments in politics, religion, ...

The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia, with their civilization ... it achieved remarkable accomplishments in politics, religion, art, science and technology, law and other domains ...

The Quebec government has put forward legislation that would extend the province's ban on the wearing of religious symbols to support staff in schools, and prohibit students from having their ...