From the private collection of Sir Hans Sloane in 1753, the British Museum has grown to become one of the world's most ...

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian ...

The British Museum houses around 130,000 clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia written in cuneiform script between 3200 b.c. and the first century a.d. Since so few scholars can read the languages ...

The South is a region full of rich traditions, warm hospitality, and cultural depth, but it’s also a place weighed down by stereotypes that have persisted for decades. While some are rooted in truth, ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

A marble slab on display in the British Museum depicts Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal ... Complex operation' "These sculptures are the treasures of Mesopotamia," said Ghadi. "Nimrud is the heritage ...

"These sculptures are the treasures of Mesopotamia," said Ghadi ... like the once-celebrated Mosul Museum and ancient Palmyra in neighboring Syria. The jihadist group was defeated in Iraq ...

The rise of pastoralist peoples in the Eurasian steppes and their westward spread some 5,000 years ago may have been fuelled ...

Complex operation' - "These sculptures are the treasures of Mesopotamia," said Ghadi ... like the once-celebrated Mosul Museum and ancient Palmyra in neighbouring Syria. The jihadist group ...