More than a thousand years after it was last heard, an AI translator has brought a long-lost hymn to the ancient city of ...

Archaeology & History Decoding Babylon: 4 Discoveries That Transformed Our View of the Ancient Empire Cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

Celebrating the New Year was a popular custom around the world in ancient times. How was it celebrated in Alexander the Great's empire?

Israeli airstrikes targeting Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek threaten to put at risk some of the largest and best-preserved temples constructed by ancient Rome, the United Nations' cultural ...

A recet video by the British Museum described how its cuneiform instructions could be followed to find the resting place of Noah's Ark.

A CLEVER team of scientists have managed to decipher the world’s oldest map and claim it may show the location of “Noah’s Ark”. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet has puzz… ...

A major discovery in Iraq’s historic Babylon Governorate is a significant breakthrough in better understanding the evolution of the ancient city. There are parts of the excavation site that date ...

View of excavations in ancient Babylon. Credit: Irak State Board of Antiquities and Heritage In a significant advancement for archaeology in Iraq, an excavation expedition in the historic province of ...

The world map we know today owes its shape to the daring exploits of explorers who ventured into uncharted territories, ...

World’s oldest map dating back 3,000 years reveals details beyond Babylonian Empire This ancient map reveals Mesopotamia as the center of the known world and includes mythical creatures like ...