Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

Scholars have found a 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn praising the city, its citizens, and deity Marduk, with the help of A.I.

Sophie Cunningham, the Indiana Fever guard, has been trending on social media for a couple of weeks now. It started last ...

Was this the world’s first empire?

A series of enameled gold panelsWhere it is from: Ivanka pri Nitre, a village in central SlovakiaWhen it was made: Between A.D. 1042 and 1050Related: Assyrian swimmers: 2,900-year-old carving of ...

Through Atra Asdou's smart and hilarious re-telling of world history narrated by TEG or The English Gentleman, she takes the ...

The study focuses on a cosmetic material discovered in a stone vessel in tomb A44 at Hasanlu, a site in northwest Iran ...

As the war with Israel escalates, with major US intervention, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor is already being discussed ...

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 ...

Iraq, but Funny” is enjoying its World Premiere at Lookingglass Theatre and plays through July 20th. It’s the story of 5 ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

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