Statues of the Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu are often found at archaeological sites, and his cultural relevance is seen in ...

Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...

From ancient Mesopotamian rituals to the teachings of Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad — this is the story of how religion shaped human civilization.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A popular critical theory suggests that the epilogue of Qohelet, which recommends discipline and piety, is a later addition aimed at ...

About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into clay bricks. Now, an analysis of the metal grains in those bricks has confirmed a mysterious anomaly ...

After analyzing millions of words in ancient Akkadian, researchers believe ancient humans may have felt emotions in the different parts of the body compared to modern-day humans. Monica Cull is a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Papyrus disintegrates, parchment and paper burn, but clay tablets can survive fire — even the almighty ...

The war in Iraq is taking place around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, what archaeologists call the cradle of Western civilization. The historic rivers flow into the Mesopotamian marshes, which ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 5,000-year-old sacred plaza in Iraq that was used for rituals to appease a Mesopotamian warrior-god. The team working at the site in Telloh believe it was used for feasts, ...

Ancient bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings have yielded important insights into a mysterious anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field 3,000 years ago, according to a new study involving ...