The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ring — which the ancient scribe labeled the “bitter river,” a river that created the borders around the Babylonians’ known world.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

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

Education wasn't always required, and in fact, many kids carried on the jobs their parents had instead of learning how to ...

The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time ...

Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor, ...

Researchers from the University of Bologna have unveiled how ancient cylinder seals played a key role in the development of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, marking a significant breakthrough in ...

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 ...

This is a painting that dates back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt. Artworks like this tell ... Using all of their senses as a source of inspiration. Map work – Using a base map of the ...

The ancient world’s march toward urbanization was uneven. While Mesopotamia was sprouting city-states along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and building massive monuments like the Ziggurat of Ur (in ...

Crucial Shift in River Nile's Evolution During Ancient Egypt Discovered June 3, 2024 — Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its ...

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 ...