A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Imagine being able to travel back thousands of years, not with a time machine, but through the words our ancestors spoke. It ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

Professor Kulakoglu explains that many of the words, although Assyrian in origin -- a Semitic language considered an ancestor ...

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan ...

Copper anthropomorphic face rings depicting merchant deities served as signifiers for professional merchants in Mesoamerica during the Early Postclassic period, many of whom held elite status. While ...

Lock Public Domain The ancient Greeks named the Phoenicians the “purple people” because of the rare purple dye they made out of snail shells, but they were much more than that: they were the ...

Baghdad (iraqiNews.com) – Originating in Bashiqa, a special “Mesopotamia Heritage truck” has been traveling around Nineveh Governorate for the past year, delivering essential historical ...

Participants gained hands-on experience in mosaic art, glass etching, sculpture, painting, and engraving ancient Cuneiform script. They also drew famous Mesopotamian landmarks including the ...

The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

Ancient DNA extracted from a sediment core from a high-altitude Pyrenean lake in Spain reveals that fish may have been added to the lake by humans as early as the 7th century CE. The findings ...