We know perfectly well how humans were able to domesticate dogs. From wolves more terrifying than those in fairy tales to ...

Rising from the plains of southern Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Ur was built around 2050 BCE as a sacred link between heaven and earth. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, it stood at the heart of one of ...

The wealthiest grave containing the oldest golden artifacts ever found from the 5th millennium BC was discovered in the 1970s ...

New Year celebrations today mix traditions and modern rituals. Fireworks, music, and gatherings mark hope and fresh ...

Long before paper, pens, or signatures, people used carved stones to prove who they were. These ancient artifacts, called cylinder seals, have been found by the thousands across Mesopotamia and ...

Students of the month have been announced for December. Brocton Middle School named sixth-grader Freixedo Diaz, son of Selena ...

The history of our cities has been written in water.

In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around irrigated farmland. Flooded terrace fields for rice, corn and quinoa accompanied the spread of civilization in ...

Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

Under the shadow of a centuries-old castle in Şanlıurfa, in southeastern Turkey, black-spotted golden carp swim in turquoise ...

The history of our cities has been written in water. In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around ...

Excavations carried out across Türkiye in 2025 produced an exceptional range of archaeological finds, from humanity’s ...