New research traces Mesopotamia origins of writing back to trade symbols. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art / CC0 Researchers have found the origins of writing and explained that the world’s oldest ...

Study authors explained that stamp seals were used on clay for administrative purposes from the late seventh millennium BCE and onward in Northern Mesopotamia. “Shared seal imagery ...

El Grande O ran well enough in his return to the races in late October to consider a return to stakes competition for the 3-year-old New York-bred colt. While trainer Linda Rice has plans to ...

According to some archeologists, Mesopotamian communities may have even started baking large loaves of shared bread between 7,000 and 5,000 BCE—thousands of miles away from their modern Roman ...

Warwick Schiller made his name as an expert trainer. An enigmatic little horse completely changed his outlook. Warwick Schiller with Sherlock, the horse that changed his approach to training.Credit ...

The market for gambling on horse racing online has never been more competitive and in this handy guide, I'll go through the front-runners and nonrunners Cheltenham may be over, but it's still the ...

Fresh salt air. We could learn to preserve what matters most to people. By Michael Kimmelman The new director of Art Basel Miami Beach comes from the gallery world. As the art market contracts ...

as museumgoers look on through a glass barrier Sonja Anderson At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport visitors ...