In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

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

Have you ever wondered what music might have sounded like thousands of years ago, during the height of the Greek and Roman ...

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

Many ancient and modern pagan traditions, far from glorifying domination, emphasize reverence for nature, communal rituals, humility and the interdependence of all life. To equate all paganism ...

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

Bodegas Dominio d’Echauz: where ancient materials meet the future of winemaking These purposeful interventions reinforce the building’s deeper purpose. It is not a factory for wine ...

The Pompeiians’ remains were found in the banquet hall. “The arrival of the first pyroclastic cloud that entered the ancient city or the collapse of parts of the upper floors could then have ...

The story of beer begins not with bearded hipsters or monk-filled monasteries, but with women in ancient Mesopotamia around 7000 BCE. Archaeological evidence suggests that the world's first alcoholic ...

Emerald’s lush green has soothed souls and excited imaginations since antiquity. Its name comes from the ancient Greek word for green, “smaragdus.” Rome’s Pliny the Elder described emerald in his ...