The 3,000-year-old map places the Ark beyond Mesopotamia, in an unknown land where jewels hang from trees instead of fruit.

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

Proto-cuneiform was an ancient Mesopotamia writing system ... The four original inventions of writing are in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the South American Mayan culture. There may, however ...

In the arid desert of Saudi Arabia, the Khaybar Oasis holds a remarkable discovery: the ruins of an ancient town that tell a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old fortified town in the Khaybar Oasis, northwest Saudi Arabia, offering a rare ...

As of then, Indian civilization’s antiquity had been traced up to the 3rd century BCE – in Mauryan Buddhist Emperor Asoka’s ...

The museum rotates items in its collection in temporary exhibits, but recent examples include "House of Ancient Egypt," "Monuments from Mesopotamia" and "Ancient Cyprus." Recent visitors called ...

Each established an extensive empire which was based on Mesopotamia, and each in turn fell largely through ... Jerusalem being destroyed and part of the population deported to Babylon; and Egypt was ...

Those who enjoy the history of the Roman Empire are well acquainted with the story of Antinous, the young man of ...