There's old-fashioned cooking and then there's this. Mersu is the oldest known dessert in human history, being discovered on ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Explore the history of ancient board games, from Senet to Tâb, and discover how they shaped culture, strategy, and leisure.

There has been a long debate about wine-drinking in Troy, but new research shows how common the alcoholic drink was.

Researchers uncovered a remarkably preserved network of over 200 ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, revealing sophisticated water management techniques used as early as the sixth ...

Many of our practices and behaviours go back four thousand years. For example, the Danish archaeologists found evidence that Failakawis dove for pearls 4000 years ago, but the elementary history books ...

In the heart of Amish Country, where horse-drawn buggies still clip-clop down country roads, sits a white clapboard building that houses what might be Ohio’s best-kept culinary secret. The End of the ...

A mobile "Heritage Vehicle" toured 22 areas in Nineveh, Iraq, offering youth workshops on Cuneiform, Ziggurat drawing, Iraqi ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Hidden in the heart of Amish Country sits a white clapboard time capsule where sandwich pilgrimages begin and diet plans go to die—welcome to the End of the Commons General Store in Mesopotamia, Ohio.