A scholar has recently discovered a previously unknown Sumerian myth inscribed on a long-overlooked 4,400-year-old tablet.

A recent study by Dr. Jana Matuszak, published in the academic journal Iraq, examines the mythical narrative contained in a ...

In the U.S., urban planners introduced zoning that called for “setbacks.” They wrote “solar codes” into urban plans. They ...

Archaeologists have discovered a vast network of ancient irrigation canals near Eridu in Iraq, regarded as the world’s oldest ...

Minecraft players have shown that the blocky world can be used to make history more interactive with talented builders ...

It indicates that Josiah, the last great king of Judah, fell at the hands of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II - a death which ...

While the Indus-Sarasvati region provided Sumer with essentials like food, timber, spices, and lapis lazuli, Egypt’s primary ...

The precise origins of human glassmaking are lost to history, but archaeologists generally trace the craft back more than ...

Caral-Supe is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, and oldest-known in the Americas, and Peñico likely inherited ...

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — Ancient grain flours offer a range of qualities for baked foods, from added nutrients and sustainability advantages to interesting story lines about their origins in ...

British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...

Mesopotamian warfare was waged between rival city-states such as Ur, Lagash and Umma during earlier periods, and later ...