Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...
Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...
The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...
In modern-day Turkey, a cemetery dating to the early Bronze Age holds burials full of luxurious goods—and numerous human ...
This island was colonized by the Greeks during the time of Alexander the Great, who named it "Icarus" because of its ...
The Library of Congress traces the tradition of April Fools' pranks back to the Roman festival of Hilaria, celebrated the day ...
Bolton-based accountancy firm, Cowgills, has acquired Wigan-based practice NRB, for an undisclosed sum. Cowgills, which ...
eventually joining with the mighty Tigris River as it flows south through what archaeologists once called “the cradle of civilization.” This cradle is the land between two rivers, Mesopotamia—the ...