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In Ancient Palestine, numerous wars took place between the Israelites and the Philistines. What do we know about these wars?

It was he who had made the decisive breakthrough in the decipherment of cuneiform writing; 50 years of ... flood is found in sources throughout ancient Mesopotamian literature.) ...

It is mentioned in the Bible as Erech, and scholars consider it the place where writing and literacy first ... waters will wipe out all traces of ancient Assyria’s heart. Few words evoke as ...

Before Eliza Acton published Modern Cookery for Private Families in 1845, she was known for crafting lush, sentimental verse.

U.K. A wealthy American collector purchased the ancient Sumerian tablet for $230,000 in August 2020. “One only gets a few chances to work with any item of such importance, marking a milestone in ...

Known as Hiix Witz, or ‘Jaguar Hill’ in ancient Maya times ... codebreakers deciphered these inscriptions as well as the basics of the writing systems themselves, from Mesopotamian cuneiform to ...

A photograph genuinely shows a 2,700-year-old Assyrian deity statue that was discovered in Iraq in 1992, intentionally buried ...

Although their history was overshadowed by Assyria, their strategic legacy deserves a place in the annals of ancient warfare. As the authors of the study conclude, the Urartians were world-class ...

The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Carved coat of arms with the signature “Altbach”. This image is almost identical to the coat of arms of the modern town of the same name in southern Germany. It appears to be an unknown pilgrim from ...