Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

In a recent publication by the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung, researchers describe the astonishing remnants of what may have ...

Northwest Africa played a role in spreading civilization west of Egypt into southern Europe.

New archaeological evidence has suggested that the world's first cities did not come into existence in Mesopotamia or Central Asia, but actually emerged in Ukraine. In the Swiss Neue Zürcher ...

The map depicted Mesopotamia - or the land 'between the rivers' - a historical area of the Middle East that was thought to be the entire 'known world' at the time. The tablet's map also ...

Less than two years ago, the building was thought to have been rescued from financial woes. Now the new owners have it on the ...

Raign, Kathryn R. 2019. Finding Our Missing Pieces—Women Technical Writers in Ancient Mesopotamia. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 49, Issue. 3 ...

These Trypillia mega-sites, dating back to 4000 BCE, now hold the distinction of being the world’s oldest known urban ...

"In the Land of Ninkasi" tells the story of the world's first beer culture.

Dr Evans, a senior lecturer in diaspora history, said antiquities from the British Museum showed how ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and India all adopted the gesture for ...

Recent discoveries in Ukraine reveal urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC, redefining our view on early civilization and ...

This is her 12th novel and is already hitting bestseller lists. The title will resonate with New Zealanders, since, of late, ...