The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival ...

Situated within the ruins of Esarhaddon's throne hall at the Nabi Yunus site in Mosul, part of ancient Nineveh, the colossal ...

A massive Lamassu winged bull statue has been discovered in Nineveh, Iraq, setting new records for ancient Assyrian art.

The ancient leather scale armor could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. (D.L. Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu.) In the remote Yanghai cemetery near Turfan, Northwest China, a team of ...

In the 19th century, archaeologists excavating the ancient ruins of Nineveh, present-day Mosul in Iraq, unearthed one of the most astonishing finds in history: the Library of Ashurbanipal, the great ...

A massive Assyrian winged bull, the largest ever found, was unearthed in Iraq, marking a milestone in Mesopotamian ...

Excavations have uncovered 40 tombs made of Hellenistic-era ceramics, along with various artifacts and ceramic vessels. Rawan Subhi Obaiullah / Anadolu via Getty Images Archaeologists have discovered ...

The Taste Atlas list, which supposedly categorized traditional Turkish sweets as Greek, sparked a storm of reactions in ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Archeologists have discovered a large winged bull statue in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh ...

Discover the world's oldest written languages still in use. Learn about the rich history and enduring legacy of Sanskrit, ...

This unlikely choice of packaging was a comment, or so it seemed, on the Fertile Crescent's most underappreciated export to the world: nothing short of the origins of civilization. This story has been ...