What was the political and economic importance of the ancient city Alexandria on the Tigris? How was the city laid out? And ...

After the Elamites shattered Ur, Mesopotamia splintered into rival kingdoms, ambitious warlords, and fragile survivor states fighting over the ruins of Sumer. This chapter follows Shamshi-Adad’s ...

We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with the emergence of writing, about five to six thousand years ago. However, a new study challenges this assumption looking at floral ...

On a bright morning in Hawaii Kai, you pull into a gas station. The Koolau cliffs glow. Trade­winds stir the palms. You slide ...

In the heart of Minneapolis’ Uptown district, Magers & Quinn Booksellers stands as a monument to the written word – a place ...

From the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE to the vast dominion of Darius and Xerxes, the First Persian ...

This selective memory is not unique to Troy. Across history, spectacular collapses dominate how we imagine the past: Rome ...

Archaeologists working in southeastern Turkey have uncovered new evidence that expands the known reach of one of the world’s earliest monumental cultures. The find is reshaping how researchers ...

Long before puzzles appeared in newspapers, apps or puzzle books, humans were already puzzling. The moment early humans began ...

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides receives funding from the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Michael B. Charles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

New analysis of ancient Mesopotamian medical prescriptions suggests that, in a small but striking set of cases, patients were instructed to seek out the sanctuary of a deity as part of their healing ...

A recent study has suggested that painted images found on ancient pottery may offer one of the earliest glimpses into how humans first began to think mathematically. The pottery, created up to 8,000 ...