The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...

The Assyrian business community also had the first businesswomen and female investors. Generous tax breaks were given to ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

For over 3,000 years, civilizations that never met and never shared a language somehow imagined the same terrifying place: a realm of judgment, suffering, and cosmic consequence. From Mesopotamia’s ...

The water crisis in Tehran reflects not only this summer’s extreme heat but also several consecutive years of reduced ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a hidden system beneath Egypt’s oldest pyramid—suggesting ancient engineers used a forgotten ...

So, he sank a trial trench into what the locals called Mohenjo Daro, “the Mound of the Dead Men”. Within days he pulled out square steatite seals bearing a horned figure seated in yoga posture and an ...

Cemeteries in Greece and beyond reveal how societies use art, monuments, and rituals to honor the dead and reflect on life.

Over decades and through thousands of repetitions, the Turkish artist has whittled down her distinctive stoneware bowl to its ...

From modest huts, megalithic temples and prehistoric pyramids to ancient burial mounds and Aboriginal engineering marvels, ...