In the early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia. Eva Miller traces how both the mythology of Babel and ...

Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records ...

Penn-led researchers have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound. After isolating a new class of ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

While they cannot be opened due to the carbonization and other damage, their secrets are not entirely lost thanks to modern ...

In 2019, archaeologists were stunned at the discovery of a unique pink granite statue of Ramses II buried in a muddy pit. The ...