Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. It seems it had been hiding under the Earth for more than a mill.

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides receives funding from the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Michael B. Charles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

A Bay Area lab is using modern technology to recover history that had literally been erased. The x-ray beam that comes out of a tube hits a specific sample, generating data about the elements sitting ...

In a study published in the journal Iraq, Dr. Troels Arbøll analyzed medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia to understand and re-evaluate the role sanctuaries played in the healing process.

In the lands of ancient Mesopotamia, a team of archaeologists and geologists has accomplished a remarkable feat. They have successfully mapped a large and complex network of irrigation canals ...

Modern and ancient Mesopotamian emotions reveal striking similarities but also major differences. Credit: Juha M. Lahnakoski et. al / CC BY 4.0 A groundbreaking study has revealed how emotions were ...

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A 3,500-year-old clay tablet depicting the city of Nippur offers a glimpse into ancient cartography, challenging our understanding of Mesopotamian urban planning and technological prowess. In 1899, ...

A 4,200-year-old silver cup discovered in the Judean Mountains may contain the earliest known map of the cosmos. A new study argues that the small vessel from Ain Samiya holds a structured map that ...

Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. A social media trend revealed a few years ago that men think about the Roman Empire, the most impressive one in human history, more often than they probably ever ...