For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

In the mid-1960s, a Soviet military topographer was analyzing aerial photos of Ukraine when he came across some unusual shadows. Looking closely at the patterns of plants in a number of fields, he ...

Explore the rich history of the ancient spring festivals of the MENA region, including Akitu, Nowruz, and Shamm El-Nessim.

Across Australia, history enthusiasts are having serious fun with medieval times through dedicated clubs, and finding ...

There, around the corner from the Elgin Marbles, is a long stretch of alabaster reliefs originally from the North Palace of Nineveh in modern-day Iraq that depict the empire’s ruler King Ashurbanipal ...

Standing at the edge of Dholavira is witnessing history textbooks crammed in school coming to life. One is suddenly standing ...

From Mesopotamia to China and India, the earliest evidence of written language dates back to around 3400 BCE. The oldest examples of writing, discovered in modern-day Iraq, began as pictorial symbols ...

Bessemer adds that while most people think of Western Europe when they think of the Middle Ages, the club also studies those from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), Japan and China. Richard Halcomb is ...