In the mid-1960s, a Soviet military topographer was analyzing aerial photos of Ukraine when he came across some unusual shadows. Looking closely at the patterns of plants in a number of fields, he ...

But only in this century have scholars come to know the Sumerians with any thoroughness, chipping away at the sites of such ancient city-states as Ur, Lagash and Mari. Last week a U.S. expedition ...

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Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery of thousands of cuneiform tablets at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu in southern Iraq, at a location known as Tablet Hill, stated Archaeology ...

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

Discover how the UAE's support helped revive the ancient city of Mosul, restoring its iconic monuments, churches, and mosques, and bringing life back to its streets. Learn about the 'Reviving the ...

With new high-speed trains complementing old school diesels, Turkey’s once undervalued rail system is enjoying a ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

While the He Gets Us campaign is best-known for its Super Bowl ads — last year’s spot, featuring people washing each other’s ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic coast, reaching areas of the Mediterranean along a route known as the ...