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

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 the gods as the starting point of civilization in Sumerian mythology.

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

INTRODUCTION Egyptologists have made one cardinal mistake by including human beings with white complexions as Pharaohs in ...

The Sun entered Taurus yesterday, and our ski season ends today. It’s official — we’re deep in the throes of spring now.

(0:00) Felger, Mazz, and Jim Murray start off the final hour with Thomas Dimitroff of Sumer Sports joining the show! (14:56) Reaction to the possibility of the Browns and Giants trading down from the ...

TEHRAN - Dehloran, as one of the significant regions in western Iran, has been settled in prehistoric times and contains ...

Yet, in English, this monumental writing system remains shackled to an inadequate term: “Chinese characters.” Unlike cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) or hieroglyphics (“sacred carvings”) — names that evoke ...

Spiders, parchment, bone and complex math were among the methods ancient cultures used. What drives this need? Who are the soothsayers in our midst today?