When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

March 15, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

And a civilization in ancient Mesopotamia saw the blood red moon as a bad omen for ... The Associated Press Health and ...

The rally was one of more than 30 planned Stand Up for Science 2025 events nationwide, from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco, to counter sweeping Trump administration actions attendees say have ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...

And somewhere, in whatever passed for a private moment in ancient Babylon, I like to think she rolled her eyes, took a deep breath, and wondered if there was enough barley wine in all of Mesopotamia ...

“into agricultural practices and management in the Euphrates floodplain and in Mesopotamia more broadly.” Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. He covers ...

A rchaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation ...

Illustration of Mesopotamian urban center. Credit: Discovering Mesopotamia. Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban ...

For example, the Proto-Cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia, written on clay tablets, kept a record of accounts. In ancient Crete of present-day Greece, writing was used (ca 1900-1800 BCE) to keep ...

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Atmospheric science is the study of the dynamics and chemistry of the layers of gas that surround the Earth, other planets and moons. This encompasses the interactions between various parts of the ...