Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

The so-called "Baghdad Batteries" have been claimed to be an ancient, rudimentary way of storing power, but are they really ...

'Janet Planet' director Annie Baker will direct her next film 'Ancient History' at A24.

Baghdad has asked Tehran not to target US interests on Iraqi soil, a senior security official said Saturday, as Washington's ally Israel and Iran traded blows, heightening ...

At the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of Destruction In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are ...

There’s nothing new about our modern obsession with playing and watching sports – they were popular in ancient Greek and Roman times too.

Despite decades of study, the disc remains one of archaeology’s most intriguing unsolved riddles. 3. The Baghdad Battery (c. 250 BCE–250 CE, Iraq) – Did the Ancients Know Electricity? Baghdad Battery ...

As its name implies, the Baghdad Battery, also known as the Parthian Battery, is a 2,000-year-old ancient artifact that could be an ancient version of a battery.

The site is located not far from the ancient city of Ctesiphon, on the banks of the Tigris River, which, although abandoned after Baghdad was founded nearby, had once been the capital of the Parthian ...