The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

Two ancient clay tablets unearthed in Iraq have unveiled details of a long-lost Canaanite language closely tied to ancient ...

Experts Stumble on First-Ever Zodiac Symbol of Goat-Fish Carving in Egyptian Rock Art, Identify It as Capricornus A rare ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

Israel may be humanity's earliest wheels, revolutionizing textile spinning and showcasing ancient Natufian innovation.

Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

DR. THOMPSON'S brilliant monograph on ancient Assyrian chemistry is worthy of very careful study. To appreciate it fully one must be both an Assyrio-logist and a chemist, but even those who ...

Athens and Sparta in ancient times were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states continue to hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world in general. On the one hand, ...