Rising from the plains of southern Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Ur was built around 2050 BCE as a sacred link between heaven and earth. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, it stood at the heart of one of ...

The world’s first known lock-and-key system, dating back to 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, shows how ancient people protected their ...

Arrowood International founder and CEO Adrian Praveen opines that a human touch will always be at the heart of global h.

Hebrew University researchers uncovered 8,000-year-old pottery showing floral patterns built on precise geometric ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Political parties representing the Assyrian people in Iraq established the Assyrian Martyrs' Monument in the city of Simmele ...

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic ...

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, ...

Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of ...

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

If you're making homemade pickles, you'll want to keep this tip in mind for maximum flavor. Here's the mistake you might be ...