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From the fall of Ur to the rise of Assyria, how Mesopotamia’s first great collapse forged a new empire
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 ...
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 ...
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The first Persian Empire mapped with Google Earth
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 ...
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 ...
Today, trans people face politicisation of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society. But in some of history’s earliest civilisations, gender-diverse people ...
The Gird-î Kazhaw excavation in Iraqi Kurdistan suggests Christians and Zoroastrians, followers of an ancient Persian faith, lived nearby 1,500 years ago. A German-led team spent multiple seasons near ...
Today, trans people face politicization of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society. But in some of history's earliest civilizations, gender-diverse people ...
Modern and ancient Mesopotamian emotions reveal striking similarities but also major differences. Credit: Juha M. Lahnakoski et. al / CC BY 4.0 A groundbreaking study has revealed how emotions were ...
More than three millennia ago, one of the world’s oldest city maps was carved into clay — and only recently has it become clear that it matches perfectly with the excavated ruins of the ancient city ...
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