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

Research has identified the composite bow as the most lethal weapon of the Bronze Age, challenging long-held beliefs about its origins and transforming our understanding of ancient warfare. A new ...

But to Humphries’ point, unless you live in a gated community, Halloween’s booty is available to all — there’s nothing to ...

Access to water, socio-economic inequality and the environmental crisis come to the surface in a thought-provoking exhibition.

With low-lying areas around the world increasingly susceptible to flooding -- this at a time when population growth has necessitated the construction of more and more homes in such areas -- the ...

Records of gold in human civilization date back 6,000 years to Mesopotamia, where it was used to craft various ornaments and ...

Money shapes every aspect of modern life, but its journey from ancient commodities to digital currency spans thousands of ...

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

AI breathes life into a 3,000-year-old Babylonian text, reconnecting the modern world with the forgotten voice of an ancient civilization.

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