The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena, is finally solved in ...

Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about ...

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

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

near today’s Baghdad—an indication of the wide-ranging impact of Mesopotamian sculpture. “The distressing news about the looting at the National Museum in Baghdad and at archaeological sites ...

The Exorcist tells the terrifying story of a young girl possessed by the demon Pazuzu after an ancient relic is uncovered.

Palestine, during the Bronze Age (c. 3300-1200 BCE). They developed all the hallmarks of an advanced culture, including art, ...

In India, this fruit is offered to both Durga and Ganesha. In the Ganesha Bhujangam Stotra, a line in the verse describes ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to the faith prevalent in the modern world today. Human beings have respected ...

Hattusa’s vaulted gates were flanked by statues of fantastic figures ... the irrigation-dependent farms that supported Egypt and Mesopotamia. To supply water for industrial and agricultural ...