In a new study published in iScience, researchers catalogued words for body parts and emotions used by people who lived in Mesopotamia between 934 and ... considered the seat of the soul in some ...

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Prime god Ra died every night and was reborn every morning. The goddess Neith defied gender norms and stereotypes as a great ...

The African Grey Crowned Crane, renowned for its striking appearance and distinctive crown of stiff golden feathers, is Uganda's national bird prominently displayed on the country's flag. Many of ...

Art is a space where conversations collide in Maryam Yousif’s whimsical, cheeky and thoughtful three-dimensional ...

Researchers from University of Glasgow have found origins of early governing institutions in Mesopotamia, which were based on ...

Husking trays not only baked bread but also fostered human connection across an area spanning 2,000 km (~1,243 miles) ...

Artefacts from a Mesopotamian archaeological site suggest that people in the region founded and later rejected an early form ...

This approach provided an unprecedented glimpse into the plants and animals that thrived in ninth-century BCE Mesopotamia.

After analyzing millions of words in ancient Akkadian, researchers believe ancient humans may have felt emotions in the ...

The site was abandoned by the late fourth millennium B.C. without evidence of violence or environmental catastrophe, ...

During recent excavations at Bahra 1 in Kuwait, archaeologists found a rare figurine, pottery evidence, and insights into the ...