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.

Some scientists describe it as the most complex piece of engineering to have survived from the ancient world. Others say it was a hand-powered mechanical device used to predict the positions of ...

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