From ancient Mesopotamian rituals to the teachings of Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad — this is the story of how religion shaped ...

In 2000 BCE, a civilization in the Americas faced a century-long drought by relocating strategically to nearby places.

The Ottoman Empire in Decline: From Multinational State to Ethnic Nationalism The film opens in the ancient Assyrian ...

Researchers have discovered a large 5,000-year-old temple in northern Iraq, at the Kani Shaie site in Sulaymaniyah province.

A new study reveals that the first true cavalry emerged among the Luwian and Aramean states, predating the Assyrian Empire by ...

For Assyrians in today's Iraq, this monumental event holds profound lessons and inspiration. The Egyptian example ...

How did the power and ferocious Cimmerians almost conquer all of Anatolia, and what finally put a stop to them?

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Salt has been with humankind almost since the beginning of time. Its usefulness as a seasoning and preservative extends to other historical applications, both therapeutic and ritual, so it is not surp ...

The seal is thought to be from the same time period when Assyria conquered Judah and made it a vassal state required to pay ...

Archaeologists working near Temple Mount in Jerusalem were exploring a pile of earth from an ancient drainage canal. They found a few artifacts, including a seemingly unimportant broken piece of ...