Among the most striking and memorable exhibits in the British Museum are the Assyrian reliefs depicting the royal hunt. These ...

Its rediscovery in the 1960s revolutionized our understanding of the ancient Near East. Ebla’s importance lies in its ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in Tamil Nadu reveal South India as an early hub of iron smelting, challenging historical ...

The Damascus National Museum is one of the most important in the world and contains archaeological pieces that tell stories ...

This high-status gift is one of the many ways meteoritic iron was revered by ancient civilizations. One of the earliest Egyptian hieroglyphics for iron seems to be derived from a longer phrase ...

Kissing is a big part of human culture. According to ancient cuneiform tablets found in Iraq, humans have been smooching since at least 2500 B.C. Around the world today, many societies share kisses in ...

Although many researchers assume that birthday celebrations date back to the ancient Egyptians, the earliest textual evidence of a birthday party proves these annual events are much older.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in central London. Crossing the threshold, the courier handed a wax-sealed ...

Reports of unexplained aerial phenomena have been recorded for centuries. However, there is no consensus on what constitutes ...

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Stars were "the heavenly writing"; a sheep's liver was "the tablet of the gods". You have a date palm with two tops? People ...

With a fresh fizz and hoppy scent, a cold beer touches all of our senses. But as our climate changes, the flavour profile of ...