Once the heart of Sumerian civilization, the Great Ziggurat of Ur rose above the Mesopotamian plains 4,000 years ago. Built ...

From the cuneiform writing of Euphrates and Tigris to the pyramids along the Nile, and from the urban grids of the Indus to ...

The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are also believed to have been built during ...

Leading intellectuals, scientists, philosophers, and religious figures from across the world gathered in Tehran on Thursday ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Republic of Iraq teamed up on research into an ancient sculpture using the lost wax ...

Bacteria and food are usually two things we prefer to keep far away from each other. However, one ancient bacteria strain is ...

Can machines fill the civil engineering gap? The bridge-building sector is testing the limits of automation as retirements ...

Archaeologists in ancient city of Nineveh, Iraq have uncovered colossal lamassu statues and intricate reliefs from an ...

Archaeologists in Hatay, Türkiye, have uncovered five rare human footprints dating back 7,000 years, offering a unique ...

At Shanghai’s “On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt” exhibition, a meaningful portion of that total ...

In "Born," Lucy Inglis reexamines history through the lens of gender roles, medical authority, and bodily autonomy.

In Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, entire neighborhoods were emptied. ISIS looted homes and burned churches, turning ...