The World: A Family History of Humanity. Alfred A. Knopf, 1304 pages, hardcover, bibliography available separately. The ...

Is your baby legendary? Yeah — that was a rhetorical question. Of course they are!! That's why we've come up with a list of mythical names that come from different mythologies from all around the ...

He maintains that Menes was at one and the same time the Sumerian emperor in Mesopotamia and the first dynastic king of Egypt, a crown-colony of his world-empire.

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than ... In truth, however, a quasi-moon follows an orbit around the sun (like an asteroid would) rather than the respective ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

In December, more than 10,000 people cast a vote to choose Chilcutt's Cardea – the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions – to be the name for the quasi-moon previously known as (164207 ...

In fantasy manhwa, gods are often used for world-building or conflict, with many depicted as unseen influencers. Gods can be integral parts of the plot in some manhwa, interacting directly as ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Landing on the moon is one of the most challenging things humanity has attempted. Perhaps that’s part of what drives us to keep trying.

Clay tablets at Kurd Qaburstan reveal ancient Mesopotamian culture Artefacts hint at urban life in the Middle Bronze Age city Findings challenge perceptions of ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

First, Rey introduces viewers to an excavation site of the Sumerian city of Girsu in modern-day Iraq, where, among other projects, his team has worked to restore the world’s oldest bridge. He then ...

The two landers blasted toward the moon, lifting off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar ...