Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry in a seven-minute heist using disc cutters before ...

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

Mia Wasikowska is stepping behind the camera to co-helm “The Great White,” an offbeat legal dramedy for ABC Australia. The ...

Join Dr. Ioannis Syrigos from Ancient Origins as he interviews Eckart Frahm, Yale professor and leading expert on Assyria and Mesopotamian history. Together, they’ll uncover the mysteries of the ...

Aubrey de Grey, the Harrow-educated gerontologist who coined the phrase “longevity escape velocity” and co-founded the SENS ...

Once the heart of Sumerian civilization, the Great Ziggurat of Ur rose above the Mesopotamian plains 4,000 years ago. Built to honor the moon god Nanna, this stepped temple stood as both a place of ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative bull's ...

Archaeologists in Iraq have uncovered what they say is the largest Assyrian winged bull ever recorded, a monumental sculpture nearly six meters tall that could redefine the scale of Mesopotamian art. ...

Biblical archaeologists are using ancient texts and modern technology to uncover possible clues to one of Christianity's ...

The humble Labubu plush has suddenly become the centre of a viral storm as TikTok users worldwide are staging mock 'baptisms' of the toy, believing it resembles Pazuzu, the demon from The Exorcist.

Out of the many incredible artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have been more intriguing than the Sumerian King List. An ancient ...

This week I'm highlighting my very favorite kind of fake news story: the kind where people think a children's toy is leading the wee ones into Satan's clutches. The toys under scrutiny this time are ...