Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson's mural for Holocaust remembrance in Philadelphia is about language, displacement and memory.

Meet Urmahlullu, the mythic lion-man of ancient Babylon—created not to fight dragons, but to guard the most sacred space of all: the toilet.

Discover the world's oldest written languages still in use. Learn about the rich history and enduring legacy of Sanskrit, ...

The ancient Philistines ate pork, drank alcohol, and worshiped multiple deities. Culturally, there is absolutely nothing in common between them and modern Gazans. The latter identify as “Arabs,” not ...

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures ...

In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, ...

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

A new geotourism documentary series named “Face of Iran” was unveiled on Tuesday at the Iranology Foundation in Tehran, with ...

Sakikkū, an ancient Babylonian-Assyrian text attributed to Esagil-kin-apli, offers a glimpse into early diagnostic systems.

A joint Harvard-KRG survey in Erbil has identified five new archaeological sites, bringing the provincial total to 988. The ...

The United Nations Security Council today issued a consensus statement criticizing the recent strikes on Qatar, though the statement did not mention Israel specifically. The Security Council ...

In the 19th century, archaeologists excavating the ancient ruins of Nineveh, present-day Mosul in Iraq, unearthed one of the most astonishing finds in history: the Library of Ashurbanipal, the great ...