Archaeologists traced the invention of the lock and key back to Mesopotamia around 4,000 BCE. The first wooden pin locks, ...

Ancient warnings from texts like the Sumerian King List and Hopi prophecies reveal cyclical disaster patterns that could help you prepare for future global catastrophes.

The musical duo Sultana will present “History and Legends through Song” at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Gardner Museum, 28 Pearl St ...

Penico's discovery was unveiled in July 2025 by renowned Peruvian archaeologist Dr. Ruth Shady, who has studied the region ...

Beyond preservation, pickles have grown to become a delicacy around the world—elevating dishes with its sweet, sour, and salty notes ...

Slavery, long embedded in the structures of ancient civilisations of Mesopotamia, Greece, Egypt, and Rome, evolved into a more systematised transatlantic enterprise by the fifteenth century.

Prime Minister Barzani reaffirmed his government’s commitment to safeguarding the rights of all communities, stressing that the KRG will continue to promote religious freedom, protect minorities, and ...

Excavations at UNESCO-listed site in Türkiye’s Malatya province reveal Halaf-period ceramics, suggesting settlement dates back to 6000 BC - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Before 2003, the number of Assyrians in Iraq was the highest in the world. We even had a church in Basra, but now not a single Assyrian lives there. In Baghdad, 95 percent of the Assyrians have ...

This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. The ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest mummies in the world in southeastern Asia. Mummification prevents ...

The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.