From Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica, the world’s great civilizations seem to love a specific range of heat. Is it coincidence—or ...

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Sulaymaniyah, reconnecting travelers to Iraq’s historic Kurdish city and expanding its ...

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...

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

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. The 1876 painting Incendie Alexandrie by Hermann Goll ...

According to Ballotpedia’s analysis, 15 U.S. states had at least one 2025 race between candidates that share the same last ...

Dunsterforce was the result. The mission was an exceptionally challenging one, but Britain’s military planners believed they ...

Imago Mundi, Babylonian oldest map of the world finally solved. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin / CC BY-SA 4.0 A recent video from the British Museum highlights the Imago Mundi, the oldest known ...

The staff knows farming secrets passed down through generations. They’ll teach you tricks that gardening books never mention. This modest building hides in southern Ohio’s rolling hills. Most people ...

During Sir Charles Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur from 1922 to 1934, any burial without a tomb chamber was given the name ‘death pit’ (known also as ‘grave pits’). Arguably the most impressive ...