In the arid desert of southern Iraq, the remains of one of the world’s oldest cities can be found. This is Eridu, created by ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

The human obsession with frightening creatures has given rise to ancient tales of dragons and werewolves, as well as to the ...

Tolkien was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis. Credit: Віщун, / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 British author J. R. R. Tolkien is beloved worldwide as the father of the literary fantasy ...

The architectural jewel in the city’s crown is the Praça do Comércio, which reflects touches of an ancient Mesopotamian-era ...

Many tend to read Bible passages like these and interpret the sea negatively, as dangerous and threatening. Such perceptions ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, an unknown scholar in ancient Mesopotamia wrote the first known book on a series of clay tablets. The ...