The cymbals were excavated from a building dating to the third millennium BCE, associated with the Umm an-Nar culture. Though ...

In India, these waterways are more than just sources of sustenance—they are sacred, storied, and deeply interwoven with the ...

Mesopotamia and the IndusValley. Arustic banquet scene incised on a silver cup by a master craftsman from western central Asia echoes the banquet depicted on the Standard of Ur. The final ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It doesn’t take long for the deities to soon begin laughing “irrepressibly” while ...

Explore these vast roadways stretching across the world's continents, connecting towns and cities with plains, mountains, and ...

The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards ...

Schiltz also speculates that the nomads had migrated south from Central Asia or China and ended up ... of a generally recognized theme from Mesopotamia." The designs on these bowls, write the ...

Al-Zarqawi pledged allegiance to Bin Laden, changing the name of his group to Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. Around that time ... in areas remote from Al-Qaeda’s traditional base in South Asia and the ...

India’s ancient history is like an immense ocean—deep, layered, and full of secrets waiting to be discovered. While many are ...