Ancient housing data shows that wealth inequality often followed land monopolization but was sometimes curbed by inclusive ...

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

is located in Turkey’s southeastern Siirt province at the margins of the ancient region of Mesopotamia. Between roughly 3100 and 2800 B.C.E., communities began performing “conspicuous and ...

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the ... how people in the ancient Mesopotamian region (within ...

Writing and trade are deeply intertwined, and some of the oldest surviving cuneiform writing was used in ancient Mesopotamia to keep records of the buying and selling of goods. In ancient ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the north of Turkey. It was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, a great power in the late Bronze Age around 1650 to 1200 BC.

Ancient Mesopotamian writings and carvings from around the same period also showed cymbal usage. The Dahwa cymbals “fit within a larger, regional distribution of similar percussive instruments ...

Skeletons of sacrificed adolescents found at ancient Mesopotamian tomb (Başur Höyük Research Project/Cambridge Archaeological Journal 2025) Now, a new study published in the journal Cambridge ...