This 5,000-year-old tablet is believed to hold the world's first signature — and it's on a receipt for beer. Experts believe that the tablet records the purchase of barley for brewing beer and was ...

A team of archaeologists may have discovered evidence of the biblical Battle of Megiddo, where Josiah, the king of Judah, was killed by Egyptian forces in 609 B.C.

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

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle ... and thus his reign was most likely documented by scribes who witnessed the events in real time,” Kleiman ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

In ancient Mesopotamia, bulls were powerful symbols of fertility, strength, and abundance. Bulls were depicted in religious rituals and temple art being closely related to gods like Enlil and Adad ...