The building discovered at the Kani Shaie archaeological site may have been a cultural hub over 5,000 years ago.

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object’s owner authorized the written document. In this respect, a cylinder seal’s impression is the ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in human history, including writing, urbanism and the state. Among these ...

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

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

A monumental 5,000-year-old cultic space unearthed in Iraq may redefine how archaeologists understand the earliest urban societies and their spiritual foundations.

Historians are occasionally forced to revise their preconceived notions after discovering something hidden in the shadows and ...

Archaeologists found a 4,000-year-old copper crown in a Dead Sea cave, revealing early ritual life and social structure in Chalcolithic Levant.

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 ...

Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old building that might have been used as a "cultic space" ...