World of the Book: Celebrating 20 Years will be exhibited until 17 May 2026, State Library Victoria, Dome Galleries, Level 4; ...

In fact, the two oldest pieces of writing are cuneiform tablets from Uruk ... Greeks themselves were enslaved en masse and sold to Romans. In the Middle Ages, slaves remained a central part of the ...

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Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The writing system, known as cuneiform, involved pressing symbols into clay tablets using a stylus. Although people stopped speaking Sumerian around 2000 BCE, ... Middle Egyptian and later Coptic.

Museum staff members across Israeli institutions face the challenge of protecting some of the most important artifacts of ...

I intentionally stayed in the middle management bracket, where I was paid well and typically worked 40 to 45 hours most weeks. This meant I had enough time to build a real-estate side business.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If you happened to drive by 76-year-old Fern Bacon Middle School on Monday, it was an unusual sight on a campus just days away from the end of the school year.

According to Gallup, 71% of middle-income Americans are invested in the stock market, and they’ve watched their fortunes rise and fall repeatedly during the volatile period since President ...

A Florida middle school teacher allegedly sent a nude image of herself to a 14-year-old student, authorities said. Oliver Fell, 28, who taught at Carlos E. Haile Middle School in Bradenton, is ...

David Ospino, 36, who is a teacher at I.S. 204 Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School in Long Island City, faces charges of rape and endangering the welfare of a child.

Adm. Sam Paparo says leaders need to assume risk for their teams if they want to move fast. He said they can't rely on middle managers, often blamed as the "frozen middle," to decide.