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By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional practices from the region, some dating back to ancient Mesopotamia and ... the eighth century. Its main source was Oneirocritica ...

"We're preserving the coexistence and pluralism that was in Iraq," Benjamen said. Born and raised in Kirkuk, an oil-rich ...

This could simply be a legend, since Plutarch—the main historian ... a claim that God will bring to an end the oppression of the Jewish people. It begins with the Greek conquest of the Persian empire, ...

Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Besides, these texts might have also introduced the existence of another mythical God. As explained in the Harley texts, the four Skypiea Gods (Rain, Sun, Forest, and Earth) clashed, and among ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, considered the oldest literary work of humanity, has been studied for centuries. Its influence has ...

Iraq recovered stolen artifacts from Japan and Switzerland, marking a significant step in preserving the country's rich ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

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