Mesopotamia

The find may complicate our understanding of ancient societal hierarchies.

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.

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The Bible's lex talionis – "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a model for ensuring justice when bodily harm is inflicted.Thanks to the work of linguists, historians, archaeo...

The country's civil war is over—but there's no stability to restore.

Carbon-dating says they hail from around 2,400 B.C.

Researchers have discovered what really led to the fall of the Roman Empire 1,500 years ago. The researchers looked at shipwreck data, population and trade to understand what ended the empire.

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world's oldest writing system, according to new ...

A Bronze Age settlement hidden on the Arabian Peninsula reveals secrets about the slow growth of urbanization in the region.

In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived in large dense villages, then dispersed for centuries, then later formed cities again, only to abandon those as well. Why?Archaeologists often explain what we call urban colla...

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Northwest Africa played a role in spreading civilization west of Egypt into southern Europe.

Soap has a pretty simple formula and a long history.

Lee Daniels' The Deliverance recalled a really bad time in our lives.

Using a supply list from an ancient clay tablet, experts have reconstructed a large Bronze Age ship from 4,000 years ago and sailed it around the Persian...

Rivka Galchen on eclipses from ancient times to April 8, 2024, and humanity's increasing understanding of them.

Ancient eclipses turned the tides of battles, stopped wars, and made temporary kings in some societies.

A married pair of researchers have "set the record straight" on the ancient history of smooching.