Cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s ...

Around 2,500 years ago, a princess living in what is now modern-day Iraq collected a number of artefacts ... tells the story ...

Britain will recruit 400 Nepalese Gurkhas for a new artillery regiment, addressing troop shortages and expanding Nepalese soldiers' roles in UK defense.

These May nights provide the skywatcher impressive views of galactic clusters unimpeded by the Milky Way, the chance to study ...

As the world undergoes rapid political and economic transformations with escalating conflicts shaking the Middle East, the ...

Burgers are among the most beloved foods in America, so much so that they have made their way into many unforgettable movie ...

It was at the start of World War I that Britain first occupied Mesopotamia ... used by the Ottomans,” says historian Marr. “But a number of them soon proved to be ornery and nationalistic.” ...

When the Sumerians transposed spoken words into stylus ... “His real wealth seemed to be composed of the number of things he could easily do without,” his second wife said.

For instance, 1728 is a key number in the sexagesimal system (base 60), which was central to ancient Babylonian and Sumerian mathematics, while 432 is often associated with cosmic cycles and harmonic ...