Mesopotamian: Juha Lahnakoski Our bodily map of happiness ... assumed that the soul lives in the liver.” “Even in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a rough understanding of anatomy, for example ...

not far from the ancient city of Babylon. It dated back 3,000 years and contained a map of Mesopotamia that included Babylon, the Euphrates River, and other cities and landmarks. They called it ...

Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia ...

This article explores the history of oil, from its ancient origins to its current dominance, and examines its profound impact ...

From ancient Chinese oracle bones to astrology and algorithmic prediction, our desire to find out what the future holds has ...

The Getty Villa is an educational center and art museum located the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Discover the incredible landmarks of Peru. From the iconic Machu Picchu to stunning canyons and vistas, Peru is a must-visit ...

While the drive-thru window might seem like a pretty modern culinary invention, its roots may actually reach back much, much further than you'd expect.

A newfound clay head from the sixth millennium B.C. is the first of its kind ever found in Kuwait, but similar finds have been unearthed from ancient Mesopotamia. Archaeologists in Kuwait have ...

Israel’s foreign affairs ministry (MFA) has created a regional diplomatic storm after it published a biblical map that many in the Arab world view as “expansionist” and a direct threat to ...

What most history books fail to mention is that, like other governors of the City-State of Mesopotamia, Hammurabi proclaimed the ... in order to bring justice to the oppressed”. The many ancient ...