M.K. Stalin has announced a $1 million prize to decipher the enigmatic Indus Valley script. Scholars believe the script, ...

War can be understood as a modern, secular form of human sacrifice and a manifestation of sacrificial logic, particularly when viewed through the lens of ritual, symbolism and communal narratives.

The symbols of royal ... their work and life, the Sumerians came up with a lunisolar calendar that recorded days, months, and years. The astronomical knowledge of the ancient Babylonians was ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of ...

The prominent sociologist, writer, and U.C. Berkeley professor emeritus Michael Burawoy passed away on February 3. We present excerpts from three interviews with Burawoy, about marketization and ...

A look at the curved oval iconic representation of Shiva Lingam placed on a globular base which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum Garbhagraha of all Shiva temples has given rise to diverse explanation ...