Sebastian Fink from the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Innsbruck ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, a Mesopotamian man named Nanni was so disappointed with the copper he bought from a trader named ...

An unfortunate trend today is the mixing of Kiswahili and English, especially among young people, even when Kiswahili alone would suffice for effective communication.

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

ways gossip impacts social bonds and human evolution, from ancient civilizations to modern digital communication, when ...

From Ancient Power to Global Leader. Explore India's historical economic dominance, decline under colonialism, and its ...

Last Friday, following the screening of No Other Land in San Diego, I discussed the film with a Jewish attendee who drew a ...

The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

The merkavah is, within the realm of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish thought, a vehicle that transports the Divine throne or ...

Astrology, the belief that the positions and movements of celestial bodies can influence human lives and events on Earth, has ...

Today we would call him an Assyriologist, an expert in the language and history of the ancient Mesopotamian cultures that wrote Sumerian and Akkadian in cuneiform. Mallowan distinguished himself ...