A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities ... capital of the lost Hittite Empire. The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was abandoned around 1180 ...

Throughout historical periods, from the time of Sumerian civilization to Babylonian ... and is a very ancient symbol in Yazidism,” Khald Khdr from the Lalish Media Network said in a statement ...

On the first day of the conclave, cardinals took their oaths, heard a meditation from Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, and cast ...

These triumphs, however, are not the great symbols of American modernity ... the gardens may not have been in Babylon at all, but in Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria in what is now northern ...

The Seven New Wonders of the World created some controversy when they were announced, but they—and the last remaining ...

The ancient Hebrews focused on the afterlife following their Babylonian captivity ... once been a place of child sacrifice and became a symbol of pain and suffering. As a garbage dump, it was ...

The history of Jews in Georgia is a remarkable tale of coexistence, resilience, and cultural fusion, spanning more than 26 centuries ...

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ground ... Egypt was strong and prosperous once again, a global power alongside Babylon and Persia. Psamtik also revived the powerful ...