Unearthed human skull provides new insights into mysterious burial practices of Neolithic era - Anadolu Ajansı ...

AN ANCIENT board game believed to be the oldest in the world has striking similarities to a popular modern favourite. Dubbed Hounds & Jackals, this millennia-old pastime has long been believed ...

Most religious mythologies reflect how various peoples experience the world. Mesopotamia had really bad weather and tribal ...

People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on rivers. But rivers sometime moved, imposing stress on communities. Research shows ...

Even after several days here, I couldn’t quite figure out whether Vicksburg was inside or just outside the Mississippi ...

People have been waging organized warfare ever since the dawn of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia — mostly modern-day Iraq ...

What is the oldest gold artifact ever found, and was it part of a treasure hoard discovered in a cemetery in Bulgaria?

New archaeological evidence suggests the world's first cities emerged in Ukraine, not Mesopotamia, rewriting history.

But believe it or not, accounting has been around for thousands of years! From ancient Mesopotamia to medieval Italy to ...

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

The researchers used geomagnetic techniques and unveiled structures beneath the surface of the Earth among which were ...