When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object’s owner authorized ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

India’s history is undeniably ancient, with the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic period, and later empires forming the ...

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...

The ghost stories of the ancient world reveal much about humanity’s early attempts to understand death and the afterlife. Whether it was a story to serve a moral lesson, a religious reminder, or ...

A recent study is changing the understanding of how urbanization developed in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the analysis, the emergence of the Sumerian civilization was not only the result of ...

Saint Isaac of Nineveh withdrew into solitude, not out of contempt for the world, but to rediscover its divine beauty through prayer. His emphasis on silence and stillness as pathways to understanding ...

In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, ...

Imagine stumbling upon a piece of genuine history while doing something totally mundane, like cleaning out your garage or ...