At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...

The ancient city of Dholavira, the southern centre of the Harappan Civilization, is sited on the arid island of Khadir in the State of Gujarat. Occupied between ca. 3000-1500 BCE, the archaeological ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rare artifacts from the Paleolithic era at Ulukoy Cave in Türkiye’s southeastern Mardin province, revealing the earliest known evidence of human activity in northern ...

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Joe Rogan slammed ancient Egyptian researchers for suppressing 30,000 years of history in a wild interview with fellow ...

Evidence of Shiva worship is abundant in the ancient Saraswati-Indus civilization also known as the Indus Valley Civilization ...

For millennia, humans have sought ways to alter their state of consciousness through intoxicating substances, and alcohol has ...

While the Indus-Sarasvati region provided Sumer with essentials like food, timber, spices, and lapis lazuli, Egypt’s primary ...

People have been getting drunk for millennia. Historical records show that alcohol was an integral part of many early ...

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published on July 2 in the journal Nature.

This discovery supports long-suspected ties between Egypt and Mesopotamia, once inferred only from trade goods and shared pottery styles. The Nile, researchers say, likely acted as an “ancient ...