The 585 B.C. Eclipse of Peace turned fear into ceasefire, as a solar eclipse halted war and reshaped ancient views of the ...

I embarked on a life-changing journey to one of the most misunderstood countries in the world: Iraq. For nearly two weeks, my friend Tasos and I, alongside Bil Weekend, explored Iraq’s rich history, ...

Ancient Palestine was occupied by several different nations throughout its history. What do we know about them?

Not long before the presidential election, I wrote a column in these pages characterizing Joe Biden as a “temporary king” in ...

Even after it was found that one of the most effective purple dyes used in ancient history was taken from a gland in a ...

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower. A procession of gods ...

Three ancient artifacts from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were officially returned to Iraq on Monday ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

Babylon It was the name of an ancient city of Mesopotamia of the region dominated by it. He flourished on the banks of the ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.