According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its ...

The Anunnaki have captured the imagination of many—from ancient mythologists to modern theorists. But who were they really, ...

What if it was me?” Hadi’s feature directorial debut, “Cake” follows Lamia (Banin Ahmad Nayef), a 9-year-old living with her ...

Thanksgiving has always carried far more meaning than the schoolbook version of the 1621 Plymouth gathering suggests. While the simplicity of "Pilgrims and Indians breaking bread" carries a valuable ...

Rather than being a recent cultural development, kissing may have been practised by other early humans like Neanderthals and ...

Once scarred by conflict and closed to visitors, several destinations around the world have transformed from battlefields ...

A Catholic university in Iraq, founded to help rebuild society in the wake of ISIS-led destruction, is celebrating its first ...

Dreams have long been thought to predict the future. They may actually do a better job of reflecting our more recent sensory ...

Have you ever wondered what it felt like to walk through the bustling markets of ancient Rome or stand beneath the towering ...

Modern scientists point to an empirical truth: We live on a planet in constant motion and mutation. As Winchester presents it ...

The Penn Museum's Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program, led by Dr. Danti, has been instrumental in training local teams, ...