A metallic, pot-like artifact that reportedly was unearthed from a pile of rocks by workers who were building St. Peter’s Church on Bowdoin Street 174 years ago continues to be the source of ...

More than 5,000 years ago, the world’s oldest known writing system emerged in what is now Iraq, establishing the country as the epicenter of recorded human history. […] ...

In the third millennium BC, one Sumerian ruler rose from Umma and briefly united the ancient city-states of southern Mesopotamia, even claiming to reach the Mediterranean. This chapter follows ...

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Since Billboard first launched its Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 1981, the ranking has never seen a song led by three ...

The recent identification of Charax Spasinou, an ancient port city associated with the Hellenistic world and traditionally linked to Alexander the Great, marks a significant milestone in ...

The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with ...

Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the state of Texas, surpassing strokes, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A massive ...

Ancient Mesopotamia produced some of the earliest written accounts of demons and supernatural beings. These creatures were not abstract myths but explanations for disease, storms, and sudden death.

Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. It seems it had been hiding under the Earth for more than a mill.

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

An 8,000-year-old pottery vessel has revealed that Mesopotamians were using mathematics years before numbers and writing were ...