Cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s ...

Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today ...

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and ...

Gojko Barjamovic not only deciphered the ancient recipes but also attempted to recreate some of the dishes described in them.

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Rather, they echo fantasies of the ancient monuments that have ... “Hussein saw the significance of Babylon,” says Crawford. “He used it as a symbol of national identity and triumph, to ...