After the immense international success of "La Disparition de Josef Mengele", Olivier Guez returns with "Mesopotamia" – a novel about Gertrude Bell, a young lady from Victorian high society who became ...

The mystery of a pyramid structure that was found under the sea off the coast of the Azores Islands in 2013 is still puzzling ...

Embroidery has long been a symbol of status, craftsmanship, and artistic expression. From the opulent garments of ancient ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia after millennia of silence.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For the first time since 2022, stargazers had the chance to a total lunar eclipse i n the early morning hours on Friday. However, cloud coverage in the Philadelphia area spoiled ...

The Madison area, southern and central Wisconsin should have good viewing as skies are forecast to be partly cloudy overnight ...

Lunar eclipses happen when the moon, Earth and sun align just so. The best views will be from North and South America.

NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and South America.

And a civilization in ancient Mesopotamia saw the blood red moon as a bad omen for the king. The people installed a substitute king on the throne around the time of the eclipse to protect their ...